Where Does Guake Store Settings?
Guake keeps prefs in dconf, not a config file. The key path plus dump and reset commands.
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Guake stores preferences in dconf under /apps/guake, the GConf era path it carried forward. The Preferences GUI edits those keys; no text config exists to hand edit. Startup scripts and tab layouts reference the same store.
Back up with dconf dump /apps/guake/ and restore with dconf load. Reset a stuck option (like login shell breaking startup) with dconf-editor or reset on its key. The physical database is ~/.config/dconf/user, but always go through the dconf tool.
Where Guake stores this, by platform
~/.config/dconf/user
Binary dconf db holding /apps/guake keys. Dump and load that path for backups. Never copy the db raw between machines with different dconf versions.
Frequently asked questions
guake will not start after a setting change, what now
Reset the offending key with dconf reset (login shell is the classic culprit) or dump, edit, and reload the /apps/guake tree. The official FAQ points at dconf-editor for exactly this.
how do i back up guake settings
Run dconf dump /apps/guake/ > guake.dconf and keep the file. Restore with dconf load on the new machine. Tab layouts and hotkeys travel inside the same dump.
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