Where is the current KDE Plasma 5 theme saved?

I'm using KDE Neon with Plasma 5.20.0, based on Ubuntu 20.04

I want to switch to another theme while I still keep the old one so I can restore it later. Where's the current theme with all the customizations like cursor, window decorations and so on?

Is there a way to export the current Plasma theme as a loadable theme that will show in the system settings?

EDIT 1: I found a directory (~/.local/share/aurorae/themes) that contains some folders with the themes I'm currently using in a combination. Is this the right location? Can I safely backup this?

EDIT 2: I found out that this directory is for installed window decorations. I can only find the installed themes, but not themes that are in use. Is there any config file or something with active themes?

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According to this GitHub, currently enabled themes are stored in the ~/.config directory.

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  • Global Theme

.config/kdeglobals

.config/kscreenlockerrc

.config/kwinrc

.config/gtkrc

.config/gtkrc-2.0

  • Plasma Style

.config/plasmarc

  • Application Style

.config/kdeglobals

  1. Window Decorations

.config/kwinrc

  • Colors

.config/kdeglobals

.config/Trolltech.conf

  • Fonts
  1. Fonts

.config/kdeglobals

.config/kcmfonts

  • Icons

.config/kdeglobals

  • Cursors

.config/kcminputrc

So, I can now write a simple shell script that will save these files into a zip file and a script that will extract a zip file into this directory.

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