How to update your snap app while keeping the old settings you made before
Why you do this
Sometimes, your ubuntu snap app may get errors, if that happens, you won’t be able to start your app correctly.
a typical error is: snap
user-dirs.dirspermission denied
The only solution for you is to install that snap app again.
But you don’t wanna reset your app again, it’s a boring process. That’s why this article helps.
How you do it
1. remove your old app
snap remove **
This operation will automatically save a configuration of that app for you.
2. install your old app again
snap install **
3. restore your old data
get a number that represents your old app configure data
snap saved
restore your settings for that old app
snap restore <the_number>