Brave acts like it's a new install

Hi there. I need some assistance with the Brave browser. I read that there is an issue with the Flathub version, so I followed the steps exactly on Brave's site:

sudo apt install curl

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser

It seems to have installed okay. However, something unexpected is happening. Every time I restart it (close it, restart PC, etc.) It acts like it's a brand now install. It gives me the welcome screen and and walks me through the configuration. It does save my settings - most of them - but I don't know why it doesn't do something like load the tabs I had opened or act like it's not new.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Very new to Linux and am already getting frustrated :frowning:

Thank you!

go to settings - get started - on start up - check box continue where you left off

Have you uninstalled the Flatpak version of Brave? In theory, there shouldn't be any conflicts but I would still recommend to avoid any confusion and just keep one package format.

You may also want to check similar reported issues on their support forum:

Did You tried to reinstall the Browser?