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Changing the My Tableau Repository Location

Publiceringsdatum: Sep 25, 2025
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How to find and change the location of the My Tableau Repository folder.

 

Note: This article is only for Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep Builder. It is not possible to change the Repository for Tableau Public by design.

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Note: The following solutions also work for Tableau Prep Builder located under "My Tableau Prep Repository".

Solution 1: Change the location of your My Tableau Repository from within Tableau Desktop

  1. Open Tableau Desktop
  2. Navigate to File > Repository Location
  3. Locate the desired folder and click OK
  4. Restart Tableau so that it uses the new repository


Solution 2: How to find your My Tableau Repository folder and manually move it

  1. Open your File Browser or Finder
  2. Navigate to Documents > My Tableau Repository
  • On Windows: C:\Users<user>\Documents\My Tableau Repository
  • On Mac: Example: ~/Documents/My Tableau Repository
  1. Manually move the folder to the desired location
  2. Open Tableau Desktop (note this will create a new repository folder in the old location)
  3. Navigate to File > Repository Location
  4. Locate the new folder location and click OK
  5. Restart Tableau so that it uses the new repository
  6. You can now delete the newly created My Tableau Repository folder in the path listed above
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Tableau Desktop stores data sources, logs, map sources, shapes, workbooks and other various files that Tableau needs to access to create workbooks and access data.

For more information, see Files and Folders.


 
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