"Your profile could not be opened correctly." while opening Chrome(ium)
The Error reads:
Your profile could not be opened correctly. Some features may be unavailable. Please check that the profile exists and you have permission to read and write its contents.
I have checked for a fix but they involve resetting Chromium and losing all my Bookmarks. I believe it is a sync problem. Is there a way to fix it?
Solution 1:
Simply use
rm -r ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data
or (on Ubuntu 14.10)
rm -r ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data
or, for the lazy,
l ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data
l ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data
rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data
rm -rf ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data
* Be careful while using rm -rf
UPDATE
I am really sick of seeing this error and I did this;
Make a file
nano ~/delete-chrome-web-data
Put this in it
#!/usr/bin/env bash
rm -rf ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data
rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data
give the script execute permission
chmod u+x delete-chrome-web-data
And when I see that error, run: sh ~/delete-chrome-web-data
Solution 2:
Short term fix is to run sudo killall chrome twice.
$ sudo killall chrome
$ sudo killall chrome
After this Chrome will start normally.
A long term fix would be to enable in chrome://settings/ Show advanced settings ... and check "Continue to run background apps when Google Chrome is closed" will fix the problem.
It appears to be problem with Chrome or one of his extensions not being closed properly.
Solution 3:
Got this error before. What I did was try to sync again using the same username (not reset sync). From what I experienced, the bookmarks and apps still exist, and it will update the sync with your current account.
Any way, based on google groups from user meyertree you can do this to backup your bookmarks to prevent data lost:
- Go to Chrome settings and choose "Disconnect Your Google Account"
- Go to the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard/
- Under "Chrome Sync" choose to reset sync and delete all data
- Close Chrome
- Copy the bookmark file from the backup and overwrite the current bookmark file
- Open Chrome - your bookmarks should be back
- You can sign in to Chrome sync again. Because the sync data was reset, the new bookmarks will be synced
Solution 4:
chmod -R 775 ~/.cache/chromium && chmod -R 775 ~/.config/chromium is what got everything to roll for my end.
EDITED: added ~/.config/chromium to the original answer.
Solution 5:
In fact I had to use the first part of your solution to answer my problem.
Go to Chrome settings and choose "Disconnect Your Google Account"
Go to the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard/
Close Chromium and restart. Go to "customize and control Chromium in the top right.
Click sign in to Chromium. Enter your account information.
One thing more, NOW I have a file on my desktop holding my chromium backup.