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title = "Find your files on the SD card"
description = "Where the notes, tracks, captures, logs and saved pages are written, so you can take the card to a computer and use them."
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tag = "SD card"
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Everything the firmware writes goes in a folder at the top of the card. To get at it: look at the folders in the [Storage App](/guide/storage/); or [open the card in your phone's browser](/howto/phone-files/), with nothing to install; or switch the Cardputer off, take the card out and read it in a computer.

| What | Where | Kind of file |
|---|---|---|
| Notes | `/notes` | `.txt`, named after the first line |
| GNSS Tracks | `/gnss/tracks` | `.gpx`, named by date and time |
| LoRa captures | `/captures/lora` | `.pcap` |
| IRC logs | `/irc` | one text file per buffer and day |
| Wi-Fi scan logs | `/wifi/scans` | `<date>.csv` |
| Gemini Saved Pages | `/gemini/saved/<host>/…` | `.gmi` |
| Gemini bookmarks | `/gemini/bookmarks.gmi` | gemtext |
| Files saved from Gemini that are not text | `/gemini/downloads` | whatever they were |
| Update files | `/updates` | `.ota` |
| [Screenshots](/howto/screenshot/) (<kbd>Fn</kbd> + <kbd>p</kbd>) | `/screenshots` | `.png`, named by date and time |
| The public half of the device's [SSH key](/guide/ssh/#without-a-password-this-device-s-key) | `/ssh/id_ed25519.pub` | one line, for a server's `authorized_keys`; safe to copy anywhere |
| A VPN configuration waiting to be imported | `/vpn/wg0.conf` | you put it there; delete it once imported |

## Rules worth knowing

- **Eject first.** A file being written (today's IRC log, a Track or a capture being recorded) is not complete until it stops. Stop it, or switch the device off, before you take the card out.
- **Notes are yours.** You can edit them on a computer and they show up on the device; the clean-up never offers them for deletion.
- **Don't rename the top-level folders.** The firmware looks for them by name.
- **Logs stop at 90% full,** so the remaining space is kept for captures. The [Storage App](/guide/storage/)'s Maintenance shows what is using the card and clears old logs and captures, after showing what it would free.