Re: signal-desktop breaks after upgrading kdewallet from 5 to 6

Nick Sal <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:45 +0000

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This file in my case contains "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet6"
I tried changing to "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet5" but no luck since kwal=
let5 is no longer installed.

On Friday, November 21st, 2025 at 10:24 AM, Shai Berger <[email protected]>=
 wrote:

> Look at a file named ~/.config/Signal/config.json
>=20
> There's a line there that says
>=20
> "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet5"
>=20
> Change that to
>=20
> "safeStorageBackend": "kwallet6"
>=20
> I think it was mentioned here at some point -- I wish I remembered who
> to credit, because I didn't come up with this myself.
>=20
> Good luck!