[Evolution-users] How to restore customizations

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On Sat, 2025-09-27 at 18:29 -0400, Michael S. via evolution-users
wrote:
> 3.58.0 (flatpak git) IMAP accounts only, Gmail and Mailcow
> 
> Finally got around to converting my Linux Mint to LMDE6 (wow, it's
> fast, and
> love Debian and the blazingly fast mirror at osuosl) 
> 
> Of course, the restore put back my messages and folders, but it
> didn't restore
> my customizations such as custom layout views, font selection, which
> I put so
> much work into. 
> 
> https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/backup-restore.html.en 
> 
> Which of these files do I still need to copy to the new setup? 
> 
> The user's data files
> $HOME/.local/share/evolution
> 
> Various configuration and state files
> $HOME/.config/evolution
> 
> Account settings
> $HOME/.config/evolution/sources
> 
> Disposable data caches
> $HOME/.cache/evolution
> 
> Configuration settings in GSettings
> $HOME/.config/dconf
> 
> The old $HOME/ copy was Flatpak 3.5.8.

Doesn't the flatpak store all the user data in
$HOME/.var/app/org.gnome.Evolution?
> 
> Thanks so much for all the efforts to keep Evo #1, at least IMHO.
> There I go,
> raving about Evo again.
> 
> Bye!
> 
> -- 
> Michael S.
> Evo is awesome!