There’s a reason you have a home dir. Just copy that forward along with whatever other config files you might’ve customized.
This is probably the reason why most distros will have the home directory on a separate partition. To easily allow you to keep your most important data when reinstalling or switching to a new distro.
I’m not sure how many people know this but there is good reason why (at least on android) giving Bluetooth permissions also requires location permissions.
The basic concept is that given enough Bluetooth data an app can pinpoint your location accurately anyways. So the android devs decided that they would just require any app that wanted Bluetooth data would also need to require access to location. That way users would be indirectly informed of the dangers.
Why not just a pop-up to inform of the danger? Probably because most users will click past that warning and not read it.