From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:11:02 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: database removal
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database removal
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@@ -73,3 +73,11 @@ interface|manpages]], or [[Notmuch Emacs interface|notmuch-emacs]].
 ## Backing up and Restoring the Database
 
 ## Removing Notmuch
+
+Did not like it after all? All you need to do is remove the database and the
+configuration file. The database is stored in the `.notmuch` directory under
+your mail store. And your mail store is at `notmuch config get database.path`.
+
+Note that the database is where the tags are stored. Everything else can be
+regenerated by indexing again, but the tags will be lost when the database is
+removed. Use the `notmuch dump` command to create a backup of the tags.