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McQueenNewbie

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Registered: 2013-05-26

Posts: 56

Reset KDE settings [all]

Hello, i make some error on my kde window settings and cant run menu aplications and plazma settings.

Its possible to remove my profile and make new or maybe reset ALL kde settings ?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,671

Re: Reset KDE settings [all]

rm -r ~/.kde*

Note.  That command I gave is not a joke, but be very careful when you type it -- typos could be disasterous.  It is telling your system to recursively remove all directories that start with .kde , and all their contents from your $HOME directory. 
A safer method might be to use the ls command to locate all directories that start with .kde in $HOME, then use the mv command and rename those directories to a different name.

Last edited by ewaller (2014-02-14 16:01:41)

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gurnaik

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From: Smethwick

Registered: 2011-09-07

Posts: 13

Re: Reset KDE settings [all]

It might be safer to:

$ cd .kde4
$ rm -r * 
$ cd ..
$ cd .kde
$ rm -r *

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M440

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Registered: 2023-08-24

Posts: 30

Re: Reset KDE settings [all]

what are current instructions to Reset KDE settings [all] ?