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Switched from geth to Parity and wondering where my information now is. Thanks.

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    That's really interesting because I saw your question before, but no one talked about Windows :)
    – infinitecolor
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 5:16
  • I know! 😣 I was hoping it would get a good answer that covered all bases.
    – tayvano
    Commented Oct 7, 2016 at 6:54
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    This is not properly answered : For windows: $home\AppData\Roaming\Parity\Ethereum\keys\ethereum* and for Linux : $home/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/keys/ethereum/*
    – Non-mask-able Interrupt
    Commented Jun 17, 2017 at 16:23

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In Parity 1.6 : Have a look at

  • OSX : ~/Library/Application\ Support/io.parity.ethereum/keys/
  • Linux : ~/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/keys/
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Parity\Ethereum\keys

In Parity 1.5 : Have a look at ~/.parity/keys. You'll find what you're looking for.

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    I installed parity with bash <(curl https://get.parity.io -Lk) command on Ubuntu, however I don't have a ~/.parity folder. Yet it's syncing. Did the default directory change?
    – jeff
    Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 14:32
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    I'm finding my parity data under ~/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/
    – Edmund Edgar
    Commented Mar 14, 2017 at 0:09
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When you run parity -h you can see the default keystore. It is listed as the default where the -d --base-path option is explained, under Operating Options.

On Linux: ~/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/keys/

On Mac OS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/io.parity.ethereum/keys/

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Parity stores keys in ~/.local/share/io.parity.ethereum/ for linux. Whereas for Windows, it stored them under C:\Users\{CurrentUser}\.parity\keys. `

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  • This is not correct. On Windows there is no $HOME environment variable (and environment variables are % wrapped, not $ prefixed). The correct path is %APPDATA%\Parity\Ethereum\..., which by default (but not always_ will take you to something like C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Parity\Ethereum\....
    – Micah Zoltu
    Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 3:52
  • Also, Parity no longer (incorrectly) stores files in %USERPROFILE%\.parity (this was done previously but is really bad form on Windows).
    – Micah Zoltu
    Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 3:53
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According to the documentation for Parity's ethstore key management API:

secret store directory: It may be either parity, parity-test, geth, geth-test or a path. default: parity

(Also of note is the ethkey key generator API and associated commands.)

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When I switched from geth to parity, I noticed that parity imported my accounts from the .ethereum/keystore/* directory into parity somehow.

0 ✓ user@host ~ $ ll ~/.ethereum/keystore/
total 48K
4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4.0K May 13 10:36 .
4.0K drwx------ 9 user users 4.0K Jun 17 10:17 ..
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users   58 May 13 10:36 contract-0x1482xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.txt
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users   43 Oct 16  2015 contract-0x534cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.txt
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users   43 Oct 16  2015 contract-0xe358xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.txt
4.0K -rw------- 1 user users  491 Oct 16  2015 UTC--2015-10-15T18-13-54.479132678Z--fcaexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw------- 1 user users  491 Oct 16  2015 UTC--2015-10-15T20-25-00.928153131Z--a1c2xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw------- 1 user users  491 Jan 15 13:37 UTC--2016-01-15T12-37-23.415253096Z--1337xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw------- 1 user users  491 Feb  2 01:18 UTC--2016-02-02T00-18-36.894929209Z--a989xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw------- 1 user users  491 Feb  2 01:36 UTC--2016-02-02T00-36-01.611176405Z--0000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw------- 1 user users  491 Feb  4 14:51 UTC--2016-02-04T13-51-18.257136025Z--b195xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw------- 1 user users  491 Feb  8 12:22 UTC--2016-02-08T11-22-19.471238279Z--006exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

0 ✓ user@host ~ $ cat .ethereum/keystore/UTC--2016-02-08T11-22-19.471238279Z--006exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
{"address":"006exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx","crypto":{"cipher":"aes-xxx-xxx","ciphertext":"874axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx","cipherparams":{"iv":"fb05xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},"kdf":"scrypt","kdfparams":{"dklen":xx,"n":xxxxxx,"p":x,"r":x,"salt":"6c6bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},"mac":"a128xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"},"id":"f433aa7d-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx","version":3}}

They are now also located in .parity/keys/*:

0 ✓ user@host ~ $ ll ~/.parity/keys/
total 36K
4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4.0K Apr 20 19:31 .
4.0K drwxr-xr-x 5 user users 4.0K Apr 26 09:58 ..
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users  605 Jun 24 10:52 1843f804-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users  605 Jun 24 10:52 37dce086-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users  605 Jun 24 10:52 52a91bfd-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users  605 Jun 24 10:52 8240bdb9-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users  605 Jun 24 10:52 af3e6350-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users  605 Jun 24 10:52 f433aa7d-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 user users  605 Jun 24 10:52 f4bf9894-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

0 ✓ user@host ~ $ cat parity/keys/f433aa7d-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx 
{
  "address": "006exxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "crypto": {
    "cipher": "aes-xxx-xxx",
    "cipherparams": {
      "iv": "fb05xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    },
    "ciphertext": "874axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "kdf": "scrypt",
    "kdfparams": {
      "dklen": xx,
      "n": xxxxxx,
      "p": x,
      "r": x,
      "salt": "6c6bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    },
    "mac": "a128xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  },
  "id": "f433aa7d-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "version": 3
}
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(Just adding to Bob Gill's answer; don't have the reputation to comment).

On Windows, the private keys are in:

%appdata%\Parity\Ethereum

and Blockchain data is in:

%appdata%\..\Local\Parity\Ethereum\chains\ethereum\db\<nodeid>\overlayrecent\db

You don't really need to know the "<nodeid>"; it's the only folder there unless you have multiple nodes.

(%appdata% points to ...\AppData\Roaming)

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  • The blockchain data path is wrong. It should be %LOCALAPPDATA%\Parity\Ethereum\.... %APPDATA%\..\Local is not guaranteed to point to the same location as %LOCALAPPDATA%, which his where the chain data is really stored.
    – Micah Zoltu
    Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 3:49
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On Windows...

  • Private keys are stored in 

       %AppData%\Roaming\Parity\Ethereum\keys\ethereum

  • Blockchain data is stored in 

       %localappdata%\Parity\Ethereum\chains\ethereum\db\<nodeid>\overlayrecent\db
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  • The first path is incorrect. %APPDATA% takes you to the Roaming folder if you have Windows setup with default paths. The correct path is %APPDATA%\Parity\Ethereum\...
    – Micah Zoltu
    Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 3:50
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On Windows 7 and 10, I had to go here: 

C:\Users\{your_user_name}\AppData\Roaming\Parity\Ethereum\keys\ethereum

The files that start with UTC- are the keys.

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  • This answer is incorrect as the path up to AppData\Roaming may differ depending on your OS settings. The correct path is %APPDATA%\Parity\Ethereum\...
    – Micah Zoltu
    Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 3:51

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