There is no way around, taking the time to learn, study, and test how to manage an Internet browser -AND- preserve your data of interest.
Repeating from my earlier reply, above:
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:
brave://version
and scroll down to “Profile Path” - that path very likely ending with “Default” - and locate the “BraveSoftware” folder in that path.
That is the important data folder to back up, because your Brave Browser Profile(s) is(are) stored within that folder’s sub-folders.
Other than the backup procedure that I also mentioned in that earlier reply, please make a routine of:
Be Prepared
And, when encountering trouble:
Clear cookies, cache, history, etc.
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:
brave://settings/clearBrowserData
Select the Advanced tab
Set Time range to “All time”
ENABLE everything except:
- Passwords and other sign-in data
(Myself, I would NOT make that exception)
(because I would have a backup prepared.)
(In other words, be prepared.)
Click on the “Clear data” button
BECAUSE:
- site stuff gets stale
- updates of various types can cause unexpected changes
- websites’ strategies and tactics change
There is a limited amount of success, at plug-and-play maintenance: Replacing items that are somewhere located within the important “BraveSoftware” folder’s structure.
Some few Internet browser users are artists at that; some few are fortunate to stumble onto “what works;” but a lot of users who are NOT prepared for recovery, learn the hard way, that NOT being prepared - leads to loss of data (bookmarks, for example).
Your success at using any Internet browser, depends on how faithful you are willing to be attentive to the work.
Computers and their software, are error-prone; they fail. Be prepared.
I changed the title of your Original Post, and added categories and a tag.
Reference from 2020:
References from 2022:
I lost my accounts how do i get them back - #2 by 289wk
Importing old Brave Bookmarks - #2 by 289wk
About security credentials - sensitive data storage:
Hard lessons . . .
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Data gone:
https://community.brave.com/search?q=data%20gone%20order%3Alatest
Data lost:
https://community.brave.com/search?q=data%20lost%20order%3Alatest
Passwords gone:
https://community.brave.com/search?q=passwords%20gone%20order%3Alatest
Passwords lost:
https://community.brave.com/search?q=passwords%20lost%20order%3Alatest
Bookmarks gone:
https://community.brave.com/search?q=bookmarks%20gone%20order%3Alatest
Bookmarks lost:
https://community.brave.com/search?q=bookmarks%20lost%20order%3Alatest