Where your files live

Updated 1 September 2026

Nothing is in a proprietary container. If you deleted Screenshot Inbox tomorrow, your screenshots would still be ordinary files in an ordinary folder.

The library folder

~/Library/Application Support/Screenshot Inbox/

Settings → General → Show Library Folder opens it in Finder.

Inside you’ll find your screenshots as normal image files, plus the SQLite database that indexes them.

The database

A standard SQLite file. You can open it with any SQLite tool and read it — the schema is not obfuscated and the recognized text is stored as text.

That inspectability is deliberate. It is also exactly what you give up if you turn on index encryption, which is why that setting is off by default and explains the trade before you enable it.

Filenames

Files are stored under names the app manages, and the database records paths relative to the library folder rather than absolute ones. That means moving the whole library folder doesn’t break it, but renaming individual files inside it will.

If you want meaningful filenames, use Rename from recognized text rather than renaming by hand — it keeps the database consistent and can be undone.

Backups

The library folder is in ~/Library/Application Support, which Time Machine backs up by default. If you use a different backup tool, check that folder is included.

Screenshot Inbox is not a backup system. It’s careful with your files — destructive actions are always confirmed and removals go to a recoverable Trash — but it isn’t a substitute for a backup.

Moving the library to another disk

Not supported as a setting yet. If you need it, tell me — it’s on the list, and knowing someone actually wants it moves it up.

What isn’t in the library folder

See Export & uninstall for removing all of it.

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