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I would like to backup my Kdenlive configuration.

Which files do I need to backup?

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  • It is just a guess but have you checked inside the ~/.config/ folder or even for a hidden folder in your home directory?
    – Videonauth
    Jun 6, 2016 at 9:40
  • it would be nice to update your question to include that this approach can be used to reset kdenlive default settings (by deleting the file), there are lots of questions like that out there and only this one worked
    – kdarras
    Apr 5, 2020 at 7:51

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Reset to default
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The config file for kdenlive is located in 

~/.kde/share/config/kdenliverc

And / or:

~/.config/kdenliverc

Additionally, there's also a directory

~/.kde/share/apps/kdenlive/

And 

~/kdenlive

Which contains additional configuration data, including export profiles, video file information and so on, so you should back that up too.

To see the .kde directory, you'll need to enable "Show hidden files" in your file manager. In Nautilus (The default Ubuntu / Unity file manager), you can do so with ctrl + h

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    What about the file .config/kdenliverc?
    – orschiro
    Jun 6, 2016 at 14:50
  • @orschiro I don't have that file there on my installation - but if it's there, you should back it up too. I've added it to my answer.
    – Jonas Czech
    Jun 6, 2016 at 14:53
  • Thanks! Do you use KDE or Gnome/Unity? On Unity I don't have the folder .kde. Moreover, the folder kdenlive is placed directly in my home folder.
    – orschiro
    Jun 6, 2016 at 14:55
  • @orschiro I use MATE, although I also have KDE installed. In my case, I also have a kdenlive directory in my home folder, however, it doesn't contain any files.
    – Jonas Czech
    Jun 6, 2016 at 14:58
  • Strange...For me it contains the folders proxy, thumbs, titles and a number of files *.kdenlive. I will back this one up, too!
    – orschiro
    Jun 6, 2016 at 15:06
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If Jonas Czech's answer doesn't work, you might find the config file in

~/snap/kdenlive/common/.cache/kdenlive

or even

snap/kdenlive/91/.cache/

I was facing difficulty finding out the config location and end up using find. If above doesn't work you can also try this ...

$ find . -name kdenlive
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