Where Brave Browser Profiles Are Located

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With Brave Browser running, open a New Window and go to: brave://version

Scroll down to Profile Path: You should see, for

Linux OS - usually but not always:

/home/[username]/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/[profile_folder_name]

MacOS: /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/[profile_folder_name]

Windows OS: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\[profile_folder_name]

The actual Profile folder names for [profile_folder_name] would be:

• Default
• Profile 1
• Profile 2
• Profile n [where n is the next increment: 3, 4, . . . etc.]

Upon the original installation and setup of Brave Browser (“BB”):

The 1st BB User Profile is named Profile 1 and its data is maintained within the folder named Default:

• MacOS: /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default
• Windows OS: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default

When proceeding with the creation of additional BB User Profiles:

The 2nd BB User Profile name will be Profile 2 and its data will be maintained within the folder named Profile 1:

• MacOS: /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Profile 1
• Windows OS: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Profile 1

The 3rd BB User Profile name will be Profile 3 and its data will be maintained within the folder named Profile 2:

• MacOS: /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Profile 2
• Windows OS: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Profile 2

Repeating the pattern of BB User Profile creations:

• Actual 1st BB User Profile data is in folder named Default
• Actual 2nd BB User Profile data is in folder named Profile 1
• Actual 3rd BB User Profile data is in folder named Profile 2
• Actual 4th BB User Profile data is in folder named Profile 3

Renaming the BB User Profile name(s) . . . DOES NOT CHANGE the folder names and structure:

• Renaming 1st BB User Profile name, from Profile 1 to Bob8 ← still uses folder named Default
• Renaming 2nd BB User Profile name, from Profile 2 to Hope ← still uses folder named Profile 1
• Renaming 3rd BB User Profile name, from Profile 3 to Emma ← still uses folder named Profile 2
• Renaming 4th BB User Profile name, from Profile 4 to Work ← still uses folder named Profile 3

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DO NOT CHANGE the names of the folders.

Also, do not swap folders that have unmatched names. For example, do not swap folder Profile 2 for folder Profile 5.