Where Does Shutter Store Settings and Profiles?
Shutter keeps settings, accounts, sessions and profiles in a dot folder at home on Linux. No XDG config path is verified.
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Shutter keeps the old-school dot folder. Settings, accounts and sessions as XML with a profiles directory inside, all directly at home. No XDG config path survives verification despite guide claims.
Profiles are the power feature, created in Preferences and loaded by name flag. Output templates use wildcards for dates and names. Default output folders stay undocumented, so template settings answer what paths cannot.
Where Shutter stores this, by platform
~/.shutter
Settings, accounts and sessions XML with the profiles folder inside. XDG config claims lack evidence and stay out. Copy whole with the app closed.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Shutter?
Copy ~/.shutter whole with the app closed. Settings, accounts and sessions XML travel with the profiles folder inside. Third-party XDG claims lack code evidence and stay unquoted.
How do Shutter profiles work?
Create them in Preferences and load with the profile flag by name. Profile XML files live in the profiles subfolder with wildcards for output templates. The issue tracker confirms the path through code references.
Where do Shutter screenshots save by default?
It cannot be verified. No documented default output directory exists for this app, so check the filename template settings inside. Output destinations configure per run rather than living in a fixed folder.
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