# Local data source - Webapp question

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**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [April 16, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source-webapp-question/2374305 "2023-04-16T02:31:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![oliveri.john001gr0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/db5fbb/32.png) [@oliveri.john001gr0](https://community.thunkable.com/u/oliveri.john001gr0)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source-webapp-question/2374305/1 "2023-04-16T02:31:02Z")

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Hi guys,

Quite new to thunkable and building an webapp - My question is, how does a webapp handle local data sources? Where is it stored? I think I understand this for a device app, but not a web app.

My app does not have a login. An easy example would be a user navigating to the app. Then adding food to a shopping list which is linked to a local data dable through thunkable.

In a webapp, where is that stored? will it work for each user?

Thanks alot!

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source-webapp-question/2374305/2 "2023-04-16T20:14:57Z")

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A Local Data Source is stored in your app whether it is a mobile app or a web app. Local Data Sources are accessed by your app as a shared resource to all users unless you implement a sort of filtering to view specific rows to specific users.

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**Author:** ![oliveri.john001gr0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/db5fbb/32.png) [@oliveri.john001gr0](https://community.thunkable.com/u/oliveri.john001gr0)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source-webapp-question/2374305/3 "2023-04-18T01:43:23Z")

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Right, thanks.

So if I for instance have a local data source called “Profile” where users create a profile Name / Age (example). They press save, and insert new rows into the Profile data source.

Is that data that was inserted, local and viewable to them? or will someone going to the web app on a different device / location see the profile they have inserted?

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source-webapp-question/2374305/4 "2023-04-19T20:41:40Z")

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That is a tricky question but for a web app users will share the **Profile** local source but for a mobile app each user will have a separate data source of his/her own.

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source-webapp-question/2374305/5 "2023-04-20T11:54:30Z")

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You’re building a webapp intended to be used on desktops/laptops or on mobiles?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-data-source-webapp-question/2374305/6 "2023-07-19T11:55:02Z")

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