Command line interface parameters

You can use these parameters on the command line interface:

Parameter	Description
--help	Shows the help screen
--portable	Runs the application in portable mode
--clear-settings	Clears the settings and runs the application
--dump-settings	Prints out a dump of the settings and other information about the application and environment in GitHub Markdown and exits the application
--session <name>	Runs the application in a different context for settings and internal files
--allow-multiple-instances	Allows multiple instances of QOwnNotes to be started even if disallowed in the settings

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If you run into troubles with your installation of QOwnNotes you may want start the application with fresh settings without loosing your current settings by using the --session parameter.

QOwnNotes --session test

You may run the application on the command line interface differently on different operating systems:

Operating system	Command
Linux	QOwnNotes (or qownnotes if installed as snap)
macOS	/Applications/QOwnNotes.app/Contents/MacOS/QOwnNotes
Windows	QOwnNotes.exe