Prowlarr Appdata Directory

Prowlarr’s AppData folder contains the databases for logs and general app information, log files and the config file that contains settings required to start the web server. This path is listed on the System Status page in Prowlarr, but if you are unable to access it, here are some common locations for it:

Windows

C:\ProgramData\Prowlarr

Linux

Unless otherwise specified Prowlarr will store it's application data in the home folder of the user Prowlarr is running under /home/$USER/.config/Prowlarr (~/.config/Prowlarr)

/var/lib/Prowlarr

OS X

/Users/$USER/.config/Prowlarr (~/.config/Prowlarr)

Synology

/usr/local/Prowlarr/var/.config/Prowlarr

/volume1/@appstore/Prowlarr/var/.config/Prowlarr

QNAP

/share/MD0_DATA/homes/admin/.config/Prowlarr

/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Prowlarr_CONFIG

Argument

The -data= argument forces the location of the AppData folder, so your startup command may be forcing a specific location. This is required when trying to run multiple instances. On windows this would be /data=

The -nobrowser argument refrains from launching/opening the browser on startup. On windows this would be /nobrowser