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Overview

Back up your Superwhisper settings to:
  • Move to a new computer: transfer your whole setup
  • Use several devices: keep the same modes and vocabulary everywhere
  • Protect your data: guard against accidental deletion
  • Share a setup: give a colleague your dictation configuration

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Configuration location

By default, Superwhisper saves all configuration files in the ~/superwhisper folder in your home directory. To use a different location, change it in advanced settings.
Installs from before the default changed may still use ~/Documents/superwhisper. You can check your current location in Settings → Advanced settings → App folder location.
Superwhisper Configuration Files Location The folder contains these subdirectories:
  • models: configuration files of custom models you’ve added
  • modes: all modes you’ve created or customized
  • settings: vocabulary lists and text replacements
  • recordings: your dictation history files
This page describes macOS. On Windows, Superwhisper stores these files in a different folder. See Superwhisper on Windows.

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Back up your settings

1

Locate the configuration folder

Open ~/superwhisper, or your custom location if you changed the default.
2

Select what to back up

  • Copy specific folders (models, modes, settings) for a targeted backup
  • Skip the recordings folder if you don’t need dictation history
  • Copy the entire Superwhisper folder for a complete backup
3

Verify the backup

Check that the copy includes every folder you need.

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Restore settings on another device

Copy your backup folders into the Superwhisper configuration location on the new device, then restart the application.