Where Does LightZone Store Settings?
Where the LightZone photo editor stores its preferences, saved styles, cache data, and workspace layout on Linux.
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LightZone keeps preferences, saved styles, and workspace layout in a config folder under the Linux home. Removing it resets everything to factory state, which fixes whole classes of weirdness. Photos themselves never live here.
Scratch and cache placement tune performance on fast disks. Saves embed tool stacks in special JPEG and TIFF variants for resumable edits. Treat the config folder as precious setup and photos as separate cargo. Styles represent hours of tuning worth protecting. Back up before reinstalls or the look is gone.
Where LightZone stores this, by platform
~/.config/LightZone
Preferences, saved styles, and workspace layout live here. Deleting it with the app closed resets to factory defaults. Scratch and cache folders configure separately in Preferences. Photos stay wherever you keep them.
Frequently asked questions
how do I move LightZone settings
Copy the config folder with the app closed to move preferences and saved styles. Photos and sidecars travel separately. Deleting the folder resets to factory defaults for troubleshooting.
how do I speed up LightZone
Point the scratch folder at a fast disk in Preferences to speed up editing. Thumbnail caches pack beside photos or globally by choice. Memory limits trade smoothness against headroom for other apps.
which save format keeps edits
Save as LightZone JPEG or TIFF to embed the tool stack for resumable edits. Plain exports bake adjustments permanently. The _lzn suffix marks resumable files in browsers.
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