Hi,
I have more than one system at home.
I want to use on every system the same settings / configuration of plasma kde.
Is there an easy way to copy that from the first system to any other?
For kde, you could copy the .local/share directory, this is where kde settings are stored
Oh,
I try this!
Thank you!
KDE Plasma’s configuration files are a bit scattered under your home directory.
You might want to have a look at this topic:
I have backed up my ~./conf and ~/.local/share directories. Also just some need for my fit
konsave is a really great tool for backing up Plasma Customisation
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Here is how you can save and reinstall all your progs:
The parameter -q saves editing out the version numbers pacman -Qeq > list.txt for the command sudo pacman -Syu --needed - < ./list.txt
thank you for the konsave-link! that is exactly what I was looking for.
Yeah, konsave is really great.
You’re welcome !
I do not think this horse is quite dead yet, so I will give it one more kick 
(The website tutorial I used)
I installed konsave today trying to save my desktop config, and I get the below error.
konsave -s my-1st-plasma-profile
Konsave: saving profile…
Konsave: expected ‘(document start)’, but found ‘(block mapping start)’
in “(unicode string)”, line 153, column 1:
save:
^
Please check the log at /home/g/.cache/konsave_log.txt for more details.
Konsave: ‘NoneType’ object is not subscriptable
Please check the log at /home/g/.cache/konsave_log.txt for more details.
The result is it creates the save folder, but it has no contents. Any other way of saving Plasma desktop configs?
Edit:
I found an app in aur called savedesktop that does what it sounds like konsave did. A simple straight forward export and import app. I only tested it out by changing wallpapers, but it seemed to work well.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/savedesktop
Tried Savedesktop today; it saved some things but not settings like workspaces and window settings or most settings in system settings.
It doesn’t say it will save all that. It does say, “Save Desktop allows you to backup, restore, and synchronize your Linux desktop configuration, including themes, fonts, icons, wallpapers, extensions, desktop folder, Flatpak apps and their data, making it easy to maintain a consistent workspace across multiple devices.”
Just a heads-up that being able to save your configuration natively will be a native option in 6.6.0 in Feb if you can hold on for it!
Thanks for the heads-up. I just installed the new release on a laptop and I was already dreading having to configure everything again, so I started looking up for this topic. I’ve read things can get messed up if konsave is used incorrectly, so knowing that I just have to wait until the 17th is a big relief. Can’t beat native saving.
I use chezmoi for my dotfiles. Due to the way KDE stores information in configuration files, that requires a few more tweaks: https://www.lorenzobettini.it/2025/09/managing-kde-dotfiles-with-chezmoi-and-chezmoi-modify-manager/