Below are the default paths for the application data directory
All instances of
$USERare placeholders for the user the application is running under.
C:\ProgramData\ProwlarrUnless otherwise specified Prowlarr will store it's application data in the home folder of the user Prowlarr is running under
/home/$USER/.config/Prowlarr~/.config/ProwlarrThe installation instructions specify /var/lib/prowlarr
~/Library/Application Support/Prowlarr/Users/$USER/.config/Prowlarr~/.config/Prowlarr/usr/local/Prowlarr/var/.config/Prowlarr/volume1/@appstore/Prowlarr/var/.config/Prowlarr/share/MD0_DATA/homes/admin/.config/Prowlarr/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Prowlarr_CONFIG/config/config to on their host system-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=-nobrowser argument refrains from launching/opening the browser on startup. On Windows this would be /nobrowser