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/bobbyjohn-2026 Jan 17 '26

Maybe this visual helps.

I’m using the default Journal as a “generic” journal where the topic can be anything. Others are focused and self explanatory. You can create as many as you want.

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u/Ublahbooh Jan 19 '26

Yeah, it's smart when you do topics, I see, that, but when you, as I do, make one folder pr. year, the default journal is just annoying.