# What does it mean to "export to library"?

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**Created:** [12 December 2023 17:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-does-it-mean-to-export-to-library/83646 "2023-12-12T17:15:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 December 2023 17:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-does-it-mean-to-export-to-library/83646/1 "2023-12-12T17:15:51Z")

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What and where is the 'library' ?

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**Post date:** [12 December 2023 17:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-does-it-mean-to-export-to-library/83646/2 "2023-12-12T17:17:51Z")

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The library is a folder in your userDir folder (normally `~/.node-red/`) But in fact comprises of several different things that can show up. Including `/examples/` folders from installed custom nodes - you'll see those if you look at imports rather than exports.

The local library is useful if you want to save snippets of flows or pre-configured nodes that you can then import elsewhere in your flows.

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**Post date:** [12 December 2023 17:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-does-it-mean-to-export-to-library/83646/3 "2023-12-12T17:36:46Z")

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So to remove something from the library, what should I do?

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [12 December 2023 18:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-does-it-mean-to-export-to-library/83646/4 "2023-12-12T18:38:47Z")

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in a terminal go to the `.node-red/lib/flows` folder and you should see the file. You can delete it or move it to another location.

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**Post date:** [26 December 2023 18:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/what-does-it-mean-to-export-to-library/83646/5 "2023-12-26T18:39:34Z")

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