Where KAdressbook stores its data and settings (kabc)

Last modified on July 24, 2026 • 1 min read • 57 words
Technology   Kaddressbook   Kabc   Linux   KDE  
Technology   Kaddressbook   Kabc   Linux   KDE  
Of course in ~/.kde/share/apps, but if you have one hundred kde apllications and the programmers didn’t manage to come up with a descriptive name for the configuration directory, you are in trouble.
Of course in ~/.kde/share/apps, but if you have one hundred kde apllications and the programmers didn’t manage to come up with a descriptive name for the configuration directory, you are in trouble. KAdressbook stores the data in ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc Additonally there might be for all applications (and there is for KAdressbook) the rc configuration file in ~/.kde/share/config/ ~/.kde/share/config/kaddressbookrc
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