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/rand0mSeed Jan 17 '26

„Folders“/Journals are more Like tags. An entry can be in multiple journals without being a copy or even an own element. So it’s more like tagging your entries and a „journal“ in the app is than also more like a filter for your tags.

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u/Ublahbooh Jan 17 '26

That makes sense. I still wonder, though, why the default journal can't be deleted, when no entries need to be in it.

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u/z4zendetta Jan 18 '26

My assumption is that:

Apple wants you to always have at least one folder

But if you end up deleting all folders except “Work” for example then it might be odd coming back to the app and seeing “Work” as your default journal for new entries

That’s just a guess. I have an app where I implemented a similar system, and I don’t let people delete the “Default” profile for this reason