Configuration Information

Kdenlive’s application-wide persistent settings are stored in the following locations, depending on your platform.

File / Folder

Location

Description

kdenliverc

linux: ~/.config/
windows: %LocalAppData%\

General settings of the application. Delete this and restart Kdenlive to reset the application to “factory” settings

kdenlive-appimagerc

linux: ~/.config/

Linux AppImage only: contains the general settings of the application

kdenlive_*

linux: ~/.config/session/

temporary session info

linux: ~/.cache/kdenlive/
windows: %LocalAppData%\kdenlive\

Audio and video thumbnails, proxy clips, user defined titles, LUTS, lumas, shortcuts

linux: ~/.local/share/kdenlive/
windows: %AppData%\kdenlive\

Contains downloaded effects, export, library, opencv models, profiles, speech models, and titles

linux: ~/.local/share/kdenlive/ lumas/
windows: %LocalAppData%\kdenlive\ lumas\

Contains the files used for wipes

linux: ~/.local/share/kdenlive/ .backup/
windows: %AppData%\kdenlive\ .backup\

Auto Save Recovery files

linux: ~/.config/share/kdenlive/ layouts/
windows: %LocalAppData%\kdenlive\ layouts\

Contains the different layout files saved by the user

kdenliveui.rc
linux: ~/.local/share/kxmlgui5/ kdenlive/
windows: %LocalAppData%\kxmlgui5\ kdenlive\

Contains UI configuration. If your UI is broken, delete this file.

knewstuff3
linux: ~/.local/share/
windows: %LocalAppData%\

Contains LUT definition

linux: ~/.local/share/kdenlive/ speechmodels/
windows: %AppData%\kdenlive\ speechmodels\

Contains the downloaded VOSK models

linux: ~/.local/share/kdenlive/ opencvmodels/
windows: %AppData%\kdenlive\ pencvmodels\

Contains the downloaded OpenCV models

linux: ~/.local/share/kdenlive/ venv/
windows: %LocalAppData%\kdenlive\ venv\

Contains the Python virtual environment (venv)

windows: $HOME/.cache/huggingface

Contains the SeamlessM4T models for Whisper

Windows

To reach the above folders: Windows+R then copy above path into the window.