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Where are Chrome settings kept?

Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 11:09 pm
by MrAccident

[FossaPup64 9.0.5] My Save File became corrupted, so I started a new one. I want to get the session I had in Chrome. I'm using the regular Deb file installer for Chrome.


Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 12:43 am
by amethyst
MrAccident wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 11:09 pm

[FossaPup64 9.0.5] My Save File became corrupted, so I started a new one. I want to get the session I had in Chrome. I'm using the regular Deb file installer for Chrome.

Don't know about Chrome but Chromium settings are saved in /root/.config/chromium as far as I know. That will be lost now if you deleted your save file. You should consider to use a portable browser as the settings will then not be saved to your save file but to the partition where your portable is located (won't be part of your save file).


Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 5:34 am
by MrAccident

@amethyst - I didn't delete the Save File. I do have the folder google-chrome in the previous Save File ― but I don't have that folder in the new .config folder. I copied it there, and launched Chrome ― but it loaded as the pristine new one I've installed.
I mainly want the session, not the settings. It was actually Chrome that caused the CPU surge, and the new one is super fast compared to how the old one was ― so I better keep it as is.


Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 6:15 am
by amethyst
MrAccident wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 5:34 am

@amethyst - I didn't delete the Save File. I do have the folder google-chrome in the previous Save File ― but I don't have that folder in the new .config folder. I copied it there, and launched Chrome ― but it loaded as the pristine new one I've installed.
I mainly want the session, not the settings. It was actually Chrome that caused the CPU surge, and the new one is super fast compared to how the old one was ― so I better keep it as is.

Not sure where the sessions are stored. The cache files are normally stored at root/.cache (could be there). Note that it is not always possible to "transfer" data of an older version to a newer version.


Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 7:44 pm
by MrAccident

It's probably the same version.
There was nothing for Chrome in root/.cache.


Re: Where are Chrome settings kept?

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 10:44 pm
by MrAccident

There is the Spot folder ― but when I change the name of the new google-chrome folder ― the name of the same folder in the old Save File - changes as well.
The old folder is here - /media/+mnt+home+Previous_Save+fossapup64save.4fs/root/spot/.cache/google-chrome
The new folder is here - /root/spot/.cache/google-chrome
Why does this happen? Spot is a link in Root; where does it lead to?