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Citra's user data storage on Android 11+ with Citra Android Beta 16+ is a bit more complicated than it used to be. This is due to Google mandating that all Android apps need to use SAF (Safe Access Storage) moving forward.
## How to set up your Citra user data folder
Click to expand:
<details>
<summary>Updating from an older Citra version</summary>
After installing a recent Citra build, you'll be greeted by a pop-up to set up a user data folder. Read it and press `Ok`:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226191491-628f86a8-ddee-4ae5-b159-69f1c39eb3ea.png" width="300" height="600">
This will open up a folder browser. Make sure that you're in the "root" of the storage. An easy way to check this is to look at the `USE THIS FOLDER` button at the bottom of your screen. It will be grayed out if you're in the root.
Since you're updating from an older version, select the `citra-emu` folder that can be found in the root of your phone's internal storage:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226195647-f439a2cb-b5cd-4503-99d5-2d597726c30d.png" width="300" height="600">
Select `USE THIS FOLDER`:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226195848-1dfe1724-174e-4b8b-8b5d-ebc7c5416585.png" width="300" height="600">
Citra will now be able to access your old data again. All that's left is to set up your game folder again.
</details>
<details>
<summary>Setting Citra up for the first time</summary>
After installing and then launching Citra, you'll be greeted by a popup. Read it and press `Ok`:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226191491-628f86a8-ddee-4ae5-b159-69f1c39eb3ea.png" width="300" height="600">
This will open up a folder browser. Now you'll need to create and select a folder to use for Citra's user data. You can do this either in your phone's internal storage or SD-Card:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226198349-871660dc-42bc-42e1-8ceb-b650c951df0e.png" width="300" height="600">
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226198437-e9a537cf-8655-400f-9cef-bc52b1f0c065.png" width="300" height="600">
Open up the folder you've made and select the `USE THIS FOLDER` button:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226198644-a93d139d-d574-45e2-b818-b20a6a10ce95.png" width="300" height="600">
And you're done! Now you can move on to setting up a game folder.
</details>
## How to set up your game folder
After setting up your user data folder, Citra will greet you with another pop-up. Read it and press `Ok`:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226199662-1d1ac159-02b3-4fc4-9b02-8ee26979e936.png" width="300" height="600">
This will open up a folder browser. If you're updating from an older Citra version, you'll already have a folder where you store your ROMs. Open that folder and select `USE THIS FOLDER`. If you're setting Citra up for the first time, and you haven't made a folder for your ROMs yet, do so now:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226198349-871660dc-42bc-42e1-8ceb-b650c951df0e.png" width="300" height="600">
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226200763-04c51535-1394-429a-a91d-006e6612977d.png" width="300" height="600">
Open up the folder you've made and select the `USE THIS FOLDER` button:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226200940-b30e7109-dee8-4420-aff1-09fe8e9c3513.png" width="300" height="600">
## You have the option of changing the locations of these folders at any time.
You can find these options by clicking on the folder icon on the top bar:
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226202866-e404be47-45d9-4c6b-9041-477819f70d44.png" width="300" height="600">
<image src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71992016/226203019-ff003364-81c9-4b1b-a8e8-0fa2c5b6df1d.png" width="300" height="600">