Anydesk - Import Recent Session Addresses

(In both Windows)

1. Go to C:\Users\{USER}\AppData\Roaming\AnyDesk
2. Copy & Paste 'thumbnails'
3. Open 'user.conf'
4. Replace the line 'ad.roster.items='

5. Done.

I import Session Addresses from AnyDesk on mac os x to Windows 10 following the steps, and I had problems with some special chars followed to ';'. I solved it removing the special chars and it's working well.

Thanks for sharing it!

Amazing, works !

Hello,
Sorry but i missed something,
in what do i replace the line ad.roster.items=

You should go to the previous Anydesk, open the file 'user.conf', and view the line that start with "ad.roster.items=".
Then you should copy this line, go to the new Anydesk, and replace it (only this line) in the file 'user.conf'.

But I don't have previous anydesk, all I have is Anydesk installed on my pc, and I want to disable it from saving sessions information

Then your answer has no sense here. The title is "import recent session addresses".
The issue here is to import data (from a previous Anydesk) to export that data to a new computer (the next Anydesk).

In your case, you want to avoid saving session addresses, therefore if you set the file 'user.conf' as only-lecture, the session addresses cannot be saved, but I don't know the rest of consequences to do that.

Yes sorry, I dont know what happen, but I was on a form regarding disable history saving in Anydesk

hi) what about macOS ? can't find config((( any ideas?

need to transfer from Mac to pc

In command line:
> cd /Users/{USER}/.anydesk/
> ls (to see folder files)

In Mac interface:
1. Go to Home (User Home)
2. Ctrl + Shift + dot [.] (to show hidden folder)
3. Go to .anydesk

tyvm)) what about saved passwords? is it possible to migrate?))

The same file user.conf.

The line that start with ad.anynet.auth_tokens=

I import Session Addresses from AnyDesk on mac os x to Windows 10 following the steps, and I had problems with some special chars followed to ';'. I solved it removing the special chars and it's working well.

Thanks for sharing it!

Thank you, this worked!
Luckily the Time Machine had the right backup and I could replace the files by just copying and pasting the user.conf file!

People, make sure to backup your backups and follow at least 3-2-1 approach!

The same file user.conf.

The line that start with ad.anynet.auth_tokens=

Tried it and it does not seem to work

@kuklei Do you have old enough backups of user.conf file?

You simply need to find old enough backup of user.conf that has connected client details and copy that to /Users/{USER}/.anydesk/

@bigbeka I don't seem to have that folder at all. I was referring to the user.conf file under C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Roaming\AnyDesk

Copied the lines from the old conf for both tokens and items. The items are there in the other but tokens seem not to work.

@kuklei I see, you are on Windows, it should be under C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Roaming\AnyDesk. I don't have experience restoring user.conf on Windows, but I believe if you copy the whole user.conf file to C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Roaming\AnyDesk path, it should restore all the data within that backup. Also try restarting the app and/or the win host.

It worked quite effectively for me; the only issue was forgetting to close AnyDesk before implementing the changes.