# Guides

> The pages in Guides, part of Settings Saver wiki.

URL: https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/

- [Installation](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/installation/index.md): Pick the right Settings Saver jar for your loader and Minecraft version, install it, and check that the mod is running.
- [Saving and loading settings](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/saving-and-loading/index.md): Use the Settings Saver menu to save this instance's settings to a profile, load a profile into an instance, and read the status messages.
- [Using profiles](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/profiles/index.md): Keep several sets of settings in Settings Saver profiles and choose one per instance. Covers creating, switching, copying, renaming and deleting.
- [Excluded settings](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/excluded-settings/index.md): Choose which Minecraft settings Settings Saver never saves or loads, such as resource packs or the last server, with exact keys or prefix patterns.
- [Where your settings are stored](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/store-location/index.md): Find the Settings Saver store on Windows, macOS and Linux, see what each file in it holds, and move it with a JVM argument or environment variable.
- [Restoring a backup](https://xichil.dev/wiki/settings-saver/v0/guides/backups/index.md): Settings Saver backs up an instance's options.txt before Load replaces it. Learn where the backups are, how many are kept and how to put one back.