# How did autopsy. db come from?

**URL:** https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/how-did-autopsy-db-come-from/150
**Category:** The Sleuth Kit Development
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/how-did-autopsy-db-come-from/150 "2019-07-10T08:46:47Z")
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#### Post date: [July 10, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/how-did-autopsy-db-come-from/150/1 "2019-07-10T08:46:47Z")

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autopsy how to get the data in autopsy. db?

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#### Post date: [July 11, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/how-did-autopsy-db-come-from/150/2 "2019-07-11T12:43:46Z")

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Sorry I’m not sure exactly what your question is?

The autopsy.db file is created when you create a case in Autopsy, and data is added to it when you add a data source to the case, run ingest modules, and do manual things like tagging data.

autopsy.db is a SQLite database, so if you want to look directly at what data is in there you can use something like SQLite Browser to see all the tables.