Folder and file icons messed up

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As you can see in this image, my folder and file icons are messed up. The trash app icon is messed up too. I changed themes and icon themes in tweak and maybe that's what triggered this but then I did change everything back to default and it's still not back to normal. Hope I find a solution.

Try resetting back your desktop http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/06/reset-gnome-desktop-ubuntu-18-04/ — Liso, Sep 05 '18 at 09:07
I already posted an answer corresponding to the link I gave you, please do [accept the answer](http://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer), but either way its fine. — Liso, Sep 05 '18 at 09:28

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '18 at 09:21

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You can try resetting your Gnome Desktop, there are two ways to do this:

Reset from Gnome tweaks

Open terminal, paste following command:
```
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
```
Bring up gnome tweaks, then click tweaks taskbar, select Reset to Defaults from dropdown.
Reset from terminal

Execute following command to terminal:
```
dconf reset -f /org/gnome/
```

Source: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2018/06/reset-gnome-desktop-ubuntu-18-04/

answered Sep 05 '18 at 09:21

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Nope. None of these two actions do the job. My icons are still messed up :( – user568021 Jul 22 '19 at 07:06
Be aware that it resets **all your settings** to default, not just icons. – cpx May 24 '20 at 00:40

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '19 at 13:47

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You need to install full Adwaitha theme to avoid these problems

sudo apt install adwaita-icon-theme-full

answered Aug 22 '19 at 13:47

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Folder and file icons messed up

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