How to take backup of brave settings in ubuntu

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I am using ubuntu 24.04. i want to take backup of my custom sites shortcuts which i made and the other settings which i customized in brave.
As sync code only last long for a day so I don’t want to rely on that
~/.config/brave has over 400mb of data

Can anyone tell me which is the exact file/folder that contains brave settings data ?

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IMHO, the folder to back up routinely, is the BraveSoftware folder.

Your wrote:

~/.config/brave

But I have always thought that the directory (and its sub-folder(s)) is(are) on Linux OS:

~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/

Anyway, on Mac OS:

/Users/[your_user_shortname]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/

And, on Windows OS:

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\

I recommend backing up the BraveSoftware folder every 24 hours.

Where “preferences” are stored, depends upon which Profile or Profiles are important to you.

Sometimes, you may see the following method of writing a Windows OS path:

NOTE: %LOCALAPPDATA% is a substitute for the beginning portion:

C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local

Bookmarks and Bookmarks.bak files location:

  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Bookmarks
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Bookmarks.bak

If you create 1 additional Profile (aka Profile 2), it will be stored in (carefully notice the folder name is different):

C:\Users[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Profile 1\

If you create a 2nd additional Profile (aka Profile 3), it will be stored in

C:\Users[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Profile 2\

Repeating:

Initial Profile (aka “Default” or “Profile 1”): C:\ . . . \BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default
1st Additional Profile (aka “Profile 2”): C:\ . . . \BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Profile 1
2nd Additional Profile (aka “Profile 3”): C:\ . . . \BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Profile 2\

If you create a Guest Profile (or there already is a Guest Profile), it will be stored in:

C:\Users[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Guest Profile\

About a project to make “a hard backup of Brave Browser settings”

And, there is GoodSync:

https://www.goodsync.com/platforms