# Just logged into windows and brave deleted all cookies and broken icon

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/just-logged-into-windows-and-brave-deleted-all-cookies-and-broken-icon/648206>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** windows, bug\
**Created:** [January 16, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/just-logged-into-windows-and-brave-deleted-all-cookies-and-broken-icon/648206 "2026-01-16T08:10:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![289wk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/439d5e/32.png) [@289wk](https://community.brave.app/u/289wk)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/just-logged-into-windows-and-brave-deleted-all-cookies-and-broken-icon/648206/2 "2026-01-16T11:58:52Z")

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@electroteque

Seems to happen with Brave Browser updates.

Your previous posts:

> [@Braved crashed with no icon in the start menu, no icon on desktop and lost all passwords for the fifth time.](https://community.brave.app/t/braved-crashed-with-no-icon-in-the-start-menu-no-icon-on-desktop-and-lost-all-passwords-for-the-fifth-time/647163):
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> Upon startup I went to discover Brave lost the entire password database, all icons are removed, no icon on desktop. Cant open in start menu I have to choose “new window”. Brave has lost passwords 5 times on me. Thankfully for anything using Passkey my Yubikey is the password. Protonmail does not and had the backup csv. But still ! almost locked me out.

> [@I'm really tired of having all my profile data wiped when Brave does an update](https://community.brave.app/t/im-really-tired-of-having-all-my-profile-data-wiped-when-brave-does-an-update/646749/6):
>
> I lost all the passwords again on startup also. I found all the icons are removed so a bug it crashed bad. Cant open the browser normally. I have to choose “new window”

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For as-yet-unknown reasons - for some Brave Browser (Windows OS) users - Brave Browser updates seem to cause the loss, or apparent loss, of some parts/portions/segments of Brave Browser user data.

Some Brave Browser (Windows OS) users are NOT prepared to recover from data loss → by their maintaining routine, chronological backups of the `User Data` folder:

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

My consolidated notes re the problem:

‘[Brave deleted all my active tabs and favorites - #2 by 289wk](https://community.brave.app/t/brave-deleted-all-my-active-tabs-and-favorites/646661/2)’

They include:

### Windows OS users, establish a daily routine of creating [System Restore Points](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3823042/discussion-how-to-create-a-system-restore-point-an).

> **Automate Daily System Restore Point Creation**
>
> **Enable System Protection**
> 
> Press Win + R, type `SystemPropertiesProtection`, and press Enter
> 
> Under the Protection Settings list, enable protection for your system drive (usually C:) and allocate ~5-10% of space for restore points.
> 
> **Create a PowerShell script to generate a restore point**
> 
> Open Notepad, paste the following:
> 
> `Checkpoint-Computer -Description "Automatic Restore Point" -RestorePointType "MODIFY_SETTINGS"`
> 
> Save that as:
> 
> `C:\Scripts\CreateRestorePoint.ps1`
> 
> **Schedule it**
> 
> Open Task Scheduler → Create Task
> 
> Name: `Automatic Restore Point`
> 
> Triggers: Everyday at a convenient time
> 
> Actions:
> 
> Program/script: `powershell.exe`
> 
> Add arguments: `-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Scripts\CreateRestorePoint.ps1"`
> 
> Under Conditions, uncheck “Start the task only if the computer is on AC power” if you want it to run on laptops.
> 
> Under Settings, choose “Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed.”
> 
> **You now have an automated Windows OS System Restore Point created daily.**

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