Windows OS users. Brave Browser (“BB”) data is within the folder and sub-folders of the User Data folder; location:
C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\
Please Exit / Quit BB; Restart computer; and then back up that folder. The Login Data file is an SQLite file. DB Browser for SQLite, is handy for viewing the file contents - you will not see the passwords in plain text, but you can verfify that the passwords exist.
Login Data file:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Login Data
SOMETIMES: A BB user has recovered passwords by using the backed up Login Data file; and sometimes by doing that PLUS using the backed up Local State file; and sometimes by a combination of: Resetting the Brave Browser Settings, using the backed up Login Data file, plus, using the backed up Local State file.
Local State File:
C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Local State
FILE AND FOLDER PERMISSIONS - See:
https://community.brave.app/t/browser-wont-launch-after-install/606342/18andhttps://community.brave.app/t/brave-doesnt-start-when-i-run-it-as-administrator-and-brave-shield-doesnt-work/628494/41
RECOVERY, RESTORATION ← MUCH DEPENDS UPON:
- Maintaining routine backups of the
User Datafolder (Windows OS) - Maintaining routine backups of the
Brave-Softwarefolder (Linux OS, MacOS) - System Restore Points (Windows OS)
LOCATION of BRAVE BROWSER INSTALLATION
With Brave Browser running, in a New Window, go to brave://version and scroll down to:
Executable PathProfile Path
How to use DB Browser for SQLite, for viewing 'Login Data':
Add a filename extension to Login Data making either:
Login Data.dbLogin Data.sqlite
Open the file, using DB Browser for SQLite.
From ‘https://carpentry.library.ucsb.edu/2021-11-04-ucsb-sql-online/03a-DB-browser/index.html’
SELECT TABLE
BROWSE DATA / BROWSE TABLE
