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How to export your data from Session (Session database decryption)

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How to export data from Session?

  1. Find your Session app data location. On macOS it's usually ~/Library/Application Support/Session, unless you specified --user-data-dir option during launch which will change the app's data directory to whatever you specified.
  2. You need to copy two directories: sql and attachments.noindex — just copy them somewhere on your computer