Where Is the Pale Moon Profile Folder?
Pale Moon splits profiles between Roaming and Local on Windows. The exact paths plus the Linux location with spaces.
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Pale Moon keeps profiles in Moonchild Productions folders, with a twist Windows users trip on. The Root Directory under Roaming holds the live profile (cookies, logins, bookmarks). The Local Directory twin holds cache style data for the same profile name.
On Linux the path is ~/.moonchild productions/pale moon, spaces included, so quote it in terminals. profiles.ini next to the Profiles folder maps names to paths. As ever, about:profiles shows both directories for the running profile without guesswork.
Where Pale Moon stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Moonchild Productions\Pale Moon\Profiles
Live profile data in Roaming; bulky cache twin under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Moonchild Productions\Pale Moon\Profiles. Back up the Roaming side. about:profiles labels them Root vs Local Directory.
~/.moonchild productions/pale moon
Note the literal spaces; quote the path in shell commands. profiles.ini sits here mapping profile names. Fix ownership with chown when profiles act locked after restores.
Frequently asked questions
root directory vs local directory in pale moon
Root is the live profile with your data. Local is the cache and temp twin. Back up Root for migrations; Local rebuilds itself. Both appear on the about:profiles page for clarity.
how do i move a pale moon profile
Quit Pale Moon, copy the profile folder and profiles.ini, then fix the Path lines so they resolve on the new machine. Keep the relative layout under the Pale Moon folder so IsRelative entries keep working.
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