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Hi, I want to restart Brave by default on my desktop but everytime I reinstall it on my Windows 11 PC it saves the all information and can’t use the default version

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Do you want a completely fresh installation of Brave Browser on your Windows OS 11 PC?

Have you been creating backups of your Brave Browser(?):

  • bookmarks
  • passwords (if any?)

Have you been creating backups of the BraveSoftware folder in the following path(?):

%LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default

Some details on where things are:

When you first install Brave Browser (Windows OS), your initial Profile (aka Profile 1) is contained within the “Default” folder:

  • C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\

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\

While Brave Browser is NOT running, you may copy the “Bookmarks” and “Bookmarks.bak” files from one user to another user.