Where does Google MyTracks store recorded files? I am not 100% sure of this but I seem to remember that in previous versions of MyTracks the recorded files were stored at /mnt/sdcard/MyTracks. But this does not seem to be the case any more. By previous I mean version prior to at least version 2.0.4 which is what I currently have.

I have recorded several tracks but can't find the files at /mnt/sdcard/MyTracks. In fact there is no such folder name on that location. So where does it store recorded files now? I need the GPX files.

I tried searching for "mytrack" and also "mytracks" (case insensitive) in File Expert app at /mnt/sdcard but it found no folders. It did find some files.

com.google.android.maps.mytracks
/mnt/sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks

cache_vts_com.google.android.maps.mytracks.0
/mnt/sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks/cache/


And additional 4 files in the same location. But I can't see any GPX files in here. Attempting to search at root causes File Expert process to crash.
I'm still not sure where actual MyTracks data is stored. I think it's stored somewhere in the internal memory, not in the external memory. But I have found a way to export the GPX data.


Start MyTracks.
Press Menu button.
Tap "Save all to external storage".
Tap "Save as GPX".



  Saved x tracks to /mnt/sdcard/MyTracks/gpx.


At least some of the data for Google MyTracks is stored at /data/data/com.google.android.maps.mytracks. But to view /data/data you need to enable the root explorer in the phone and you need root access.

To enable root explorer in File Expert:


Start File Expert.
Press Menu button.
Tap More.
Tap Settings.
Tap File Explorer Settings.
Check Root Explorer option.


For this to work you need root access on the phone, i.e. the phone needs to be rooted. Also, sometimes you will need to mount the file system as writable, and you can do this too within the app settings.

(I tried the same thing with ES File Explorer but I was unable to even view the root folder / with it, it was only able to view /sdcard. So therefore I recommend using File Explorer instead.)