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I have an Android app that uses GreenDao for persistence.

I am under the impression that uninstalling the app from a device should remove any data files under the path /data/data/[package name]/databases, which is where GreenDao stores its data by default (Where is my database file created)

Given I have closed my app to ensure it is not running and uninstall the app, when I reinstall the app and run it, then I would expect there to be no data from previous sessions stored.

However, the specific user data I have stored in this previous session remains available when I perform a getRowById request to the relevant UserDao after the clean install.

Why does this data persist after uninstall?

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Check android:allowBackup value in android manifest, if the value is set to true then android will backup the db, and will persist it after uninstall.

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