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jmq
jmq

Reputation: 10370

Reset IntelliJ UI to Default

I'm evaluating the IntelliJ IDE. I changed some of the display/font setting (among other things) and would like to reset the UI back to default. Is there a simple way to reset the display UI back to its default settings?

Upvotes: 81

Views: 171036

Answers (8)

harun ugur
harun ugur

Reputation: 1852

From the main menu, select File | Manage IDE Settings | Restore Default Settings.

Alternatively, press Shift twice and type Restore default settings

Upvotes: 9

Evan Mulawski
Evan Mulawski

Reputation: 55334

Recent Versions

Window -> Restore Default Layout

(Thanks to Seven4X's answer)

Older Versions

You can simply delete the whole configuration folder ${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea60/config while IntelliJ IDEA is not running. Next time it restarts, everything is restored from the default settings.

It depends on the OS:

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23358108

Upvotes: 104

Ray
Ray

Reputation: 603

The existing answers are outdated. This is now doable from the menu:

Window -> Restore Default Layout (shift+f12)

Make sure nothing is currently running, as the Run/Debug window layout will not be reset otherwise.

Upvotes: 7

Lukasz
Lukasz

Reputation: 378

To switch between color schemes: Choose View -> Quick Switch Scheme on the main menu or press Ctrl+Back Quote To bring back the old theme: Settings -> Appearance -> Theme

Upvotes: 11

George Kovachev
George Kovachev

Reputation: 441

On Mac OS for IntelliJ v12, shut down the IDE, and then you can execute:

rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/IdeaIC12/*

Restart the IDE, or open a pom.xml of your choosing. You will be asked whether you want to import the preferences from an existing IntelliJ instance. Select the "No, I do not have a previous IntelliJ version" radio button.

Upvotes: 44

Hussain
Hussain

Reputation: 39

check, if this works for you.

File -> Settings -> (type appe in search box) and select Appearance -> Select Intellij from dropdown option of Theme on the right (under UI Options).

Hope this helps someone.

Upvotes: 3

Pankaj Shinde
Pankaj Shinde

Reputation: 3689

All above answers are correct, but you loose configuration settings.

But if your IDE's only themes or fonts are changed or some UI related issues and you want to restore to default theme, then just delete

${user.home}/.IntelliJIdea13/config/options/options.xml

file while IDE is not running, then after next restart IDE's theme will gets reset to default.

Upvotes: 14

CrazyCoder
CrazyCoder

Reputation: 401877

You can delete IDEA configuration directory to reset everything to the defaults. If you want to reset the editor Colors&Fonts, then just switch the scheme to Default.

Upvotes: 22

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