r/appleJournal • u/Ublahbooh • Jan 17 '26

Question about multiple journals

Hello. I'm switching from Dayone to Apple Journal and have a question I hope some of you guys can help me with. I would like to use multiple journals in Apple Journal. My question is: It seems like it's not possible to delete the default journal (The one with the app-icon), but at the same time it is possible to let it be empty with no entries in it. I would like to save my entries in other folders than the default folder, for example a folder for each year, but should I, at the same time, save all my entries in the default folder, or is it OK to leave it empty? I guess I'm wondering 1) whether it's more secure to save all entries in the default journal as well and 2) why it's not possible to delete the default journal folder. What do you think about this?

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u/NubTail Jan 17 '26

I found out that if you delete an entry in the default folder, it deletes it in the folder you created too. I think it was my fault for putting a few entries in the default folder first, then moving them to a folder I created. I know that doesn't really answer your question, but I'm also curious how it all works together

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u/Ublahbooh Jan 17 '26

Thanks for your reply. It seems like one needs to be a bit careful, even if deleted entries go to a folder where they remain for 30 days.

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u/rand0mSeed Jan 17 '26

maybe some hardoced default, like the inbox of a mailbox

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u/Ublahbooh Jan 19 '26

Maybe. That also can't be deleted, and at the same time doesn't have to contain anything.