Like all personal data the files are in your home partition.
Many Linux users, myself included, like to keep our home directories (/home) on a separate drive and/or partition by default.
However, yes symlinking is one method that could be used if you didn't partition in this way.
Many Linux users, myself included, like to keep our home directories (/home) on a separate drive and/or partition by default.
However, yes symlinking is one method that could be used if you didn't partition in this way.