diff --git a/tryton/CHANGELOG b/tryton/CHANGELOG
index 7eb3c8bef2c..f45940a9a91 100644
--- a/tryton/CHANGELOG
+++ b/tryton/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Transfer configuration, profiles and plugins from previous version
+
 Version 6.4.6 - 2022-11-17
 --------------------------
 * Bug fixes (see mercurial logs for details)
diff --git a/tryton/tryton/client.py b/tryton/tryton/client.py
index 0791bf8afa6..5ff0c4501f8 100644
--- a/tryton/tryton/client.py
+++ b/tryton/tryton/client.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from gi.repository import Gdk, Gio, Gtk
 
 from tryton import common, gui, translate
-from tryton.config import CONFIG, get_config_dir
+from tryton.config import CONFIG, copy_previous_configuration, get_config_dir
 from tryton.gui.window.dblogin import DBLogin
 
 
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ def excepthook(type_, value, traceback_):
         common.error(value, ''.join(traceback.format_tb(traceback_)))
     sys.excepthook = excepthook
 
+    copy_previous_configuration('tryton.cfg')
+    copy_previous_configuration('profiles.cfg')
+    copy_previous_configuration('plugins')
     CONFIG.parse()
     if CONFIG.arguments:
         url = CONFIG.arguments[0]
diff --git a/tryton/tryton/config.py b/tryton/tryton/config.py
index 8333119f2dc..21ecf590334 100644
--- a/tryton/tryton/config.py
+++ b/tryton/tryton/config.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import logging
 import optparse
 import os
+import shutil
 import sys
 
 from gi.repository import GdkPixbuf
@@ -15,16 +16,48 @@
 _ = gettext.gettext
 
 
-def get_config_dir():
+def _reverse_series_iterator(starting_version):
+    major, minor = map(int, starting_version.split('.'))
+    while major >= 0 and minor >= 0:
+        yield f"{major}.{minor}"
+        if minor == 0:
+            major -= 1
+            minor = 8
+        else:
+            minor -= 2 if not minor % 2 else 1
+
+
+def copy_previous_configuration(config_element):
+    current_version = __version__.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
+    config_dir = get_config_root()
+    for version in _reverse_series_iterator(current_version):
+        config_path = os.path.join(config_dir, version, config_element)
+        if version == current_version and os.path.exists(config_path):
+            break
+        elif os.path.exists(config_path):
+            if os.path.isfile(config_path):
+                shutil.copy(config_path, get_config_dir())
+            elif os.path.isdir(config_path):
+                shutil.copytree(
+                    config_path,
+                    os.path.join(get_config_dir(), config_element))
+            break
+
+
+def get_config_root():
     if os.name == 'nt':
         appdata = os.environ['APPDATA']
         if not isinstance(appdata, str):
             appdata = str(appdata, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
-        return os.path.join(appdata, '.config', 'tryton',
-                __version__.rsplit('.', 1)[0])
-    config_path = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', os.path.join('~', '.config'))
-    return os.path.expanduser(
-        os.path.join(config_path, 'tryton', __version__.rsplit('.', 1)[0]))
+        config_path = os.path.join(appdata, '.config')
+    else:
+        config_path = os.path.expanduser(os.getenv(
+            'XDG_CONFIG_HOME', os.path.join('~', '.config')))
+    return os.path.join(config_path, 'tryton')
+
+
+def get_config_dir():
+    return os.path.join(get_config_root(), __version__.rsplit('.', 1)[0])
 
 
 if not os.path.isdir(get_config_dir()):
diff --git a/tryton/tryton/gui/window/dblogin.py b/tryton/tryton/gui/window/dblogin.py
index b6f598dba46..14e1a0629e5 100644
--- a/tryton/tryton/gui/window/dblogin.py
+++ b/tryton/tryton/gui/window/dblogin.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import gettext
 import logging
 import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import tempfile
 import threading
 
 from gi.repository import GLib, GObject, Gtk
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@
 
 _ = gettext.gettext
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+DEMO_HOSTNAME = re.compile(r"demo\d+\.\d+\.tryton\.org")
 
 
 class DBListEditor(object):
@@ -495,20 +499,31 @@ def __init__(self):
             grid.attach(self.entry_date, 1, 6, 2, 1)
 
         # Profile informations
-        self.profile_cfg = os.path.join(get_config_dir(), 'profiles.cfg')
+        config_dir = get_config_dir()
+        self.profile_cfg = os.path.join(config_dir, 'profiles.cfg')
         self.profiles = configparser.ConfigParser()
-        if not os.path.exists(self.profile_cfg):
+        try:
+            self.profiles.read(self.profile_cfg)
+        except configparser.Error:
+            # reset self.profiles as parsing errors may leave wrong data in
+            # the parser
+            self.profiles = configparser.ConfigParser()
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+                    delete=False, prefix='profiles_', suffix='.cfg',
+                    dir=config_dir) as temp_file:
+                temp_name = temp_file.name
+            shutil.copy(self.profile_cfg, temp_name)
+            logger.error(
+                f"Failed to parse {self.profiles_cfg}. "
+                f"A backup can be found at {temp_name}",
+                exc_info=True)
+        if not self.profiles.sections():
             short_version = '.'.join(__version__.split('.', 2)[:2])
             name = 'demo%s.tryton.org' % short_version
             self.profiles.add_section(name)
             self.profiles.set(name, 'host', name)
             self.profiles.set(name, 'database', 'demo%s' % short_version)
             self.profiles.set(name, 'username', 'demo')
-        else:
-            try:
-                self.profiles.read(self.profile_cfg)
-            except configparser.ParsingError:
-                logger.error("Fail to parse profiles.cfg", exc_info=True)
         for section in self.profiles.sections():
             active = all(self.profiles.has_option(section, option)
                 for option in ('host', 'database'))