I am looking for a way to upgrade QGIS while keeping my custom configurations/settings. I refer to settings such as view, data connections and installed plugins.
Can this be achieved?
I am using QGIS 3.16 on Windows
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4Config are stored in a local directory awat from the install. They will be preserved.– Al rlCommented Jun 29, 2022 at 10:07
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1I agree with J.R However, where is that folder? what is the mechanism?– yair suariCommented Jun 29, 2022 at 12:55
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1@yairsuari On a window installation you will find it here "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\QGIS" this folder is preserved when you update and the information it contain will be used by the updated version (this may not work for update between major version ie. 2.x to 3.x)– J.RCommented Jun 29, 2022 at 13:17
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All your settings are stored in your own folder, outside of the QGIS installation itself. So removing and reinstalling QGIS, these files won't be changed, it's your own settings.
It's a common "mistake" to think that reinstalling QGIS will restore a broken feature if the bug is due to a plugin for instance. Plugins and settings won't be removed when uninstalling QGIS.
You can find this folder by clicking in QGIS :
- "Settings" menu
- "User profiles"
- "Open active profile folder".
This will open your file browser, located in your user directory. You might have different profiles stored.
User profile per operating system:
- Linux :
.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/ - Windows :
%AppData%\Roaming\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\ - MacOS :
Library/Application Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/
