Brave crashed, now everything gone

[Darkkross]

Hello,

I was just opening brave as usual but after clicking the button it did not open. So after a while I opened the task manager and killed the brave process. But after that, when I started brave again, a strange window opened where I had to add a profile, which I did, but now everything is gone. My extensions, my browser history etc.

How can I get back my data?

Thanks in advance

Version 1.9.76 Chromium: 81.0.4044.138 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[eljuno]

Can you make sure you’ve no “accidentally” created a new profile? Circle icon at upper right.

[hnktong]

Hi, @Darkkross. @eljuno may be headed this way, but you can also check for profiles in Explorer. Here are a couple of related posts that should be helpful with the caveat that before you try any of the things described, you should create backup copies of whatever profile folders are there. Bear in mind that the file structures are essentially the same across all platforms with slight path differences, so posts showing macOS can still be useful to Windows/Linux folks and vice versa.

New user needs Profile Clarification

To add a little to @Mattches’s info, inside the BraveSoftware folder (on Windows, macOS, and Linux) is a folder called Brave-Browser, and that holds all profile folders. Usually, the one you want is just called Default unless you specifically add additional profiles. I’m starting to believe that periodic backup of your profile folder is a good idea even apart from backing up your drive/data as a whole. If you develop an extensive setup, it can take a lot to reproduce it. And if you earn a lot o…

Deleted Profile accidentally Is there a way to restore or have i lost everything and need to start all over

If you deleted it in the Profile Manager, there may be hope. If you deleted the folder in Finder or Terminal, then unless you have a backup of your drive, you’re likely out of luck, though you could try an undelete/file recovery tool if it’s important enough to retrieve. The profile folder is stored in /Users/[YourUserName]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/ and usually is named Default. If it was a profile you created, then it will be named Profile [#] where the [#] is 1,…

[PaulsNZ]

I’m on POpOS linux running Beta . Never had one problem with it untill Today ??

Crashes ? All OS updates done ? No new Profile ! No crash reports ? Strange ?!

Version 1.11.55 Chromium: 83.0.4103.61 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)

I will create a new PROFILE by REMOVEING and re-create my profile ! I wish it would Sync to my Google account ?! I do that manually by removing and letting it recreate a Brave profile based on my Chrome one ?! Its the Beta version So I am not worried, Just an interesting coincidence ?! I disabled the Background wall paper ? No difference ! I suppose I could try the stable release as well. Cheers

[PaulsNZ]

New profile creation Crashes, Delete Cache etc, Still Crashes… Removing Now !

11/6
Still rolling strong ZERO issues , I will document Profile size etc if it crashes again… All extension re added no problems. l8r

[PaulsNZ]

Removed Brave Beta, Reinstalled , Synced with Chrome profile… ALL Stable again ?! Maybe a cache size / Profile size issue ??

Version 1.11.55 Chromium: 83.0.4103.61 (Official Build) beta (64-bit) Same version !? cheers

Been stable as it ever was ? no other change other Remove Totally and Re-install … I Would recommend that Keeping everything , passwords , Bookmarks etc UPTO date in Chrome and Brave so that In case things happen there is a Cloud backup of ones setting. Cheers Google cloud <> Brave sync would be nice ?!