notepad++: How to reset all the setting to default ones?

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I change settings a lot. Now, I think I've played with Notepad++ too much. Now how can I reset the settings ?

btw, I don't want to uninstall, then install again. that's not so "superuser"-ish, right?

score 67 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '13 at 04:41

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The easiest way to reset to defaults would probably be to delete the configuration files. This also means you can back them up if you ever want them back.

Notepad++ uses the follwowing path for settings using a default installation settings:

%APPDATA%\Notepad++

In that directory there are several .xml configuration files. Remove the ones you want to reset and restart Notepad++.

answered Jan 23 '13 at 04:41

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This worked great with notepad++ version 6.5.4 – avanderw Jun 30 '14 at 11:47
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This is a more useful path: C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\notepad++ – Ed999 May 27 '16 at 15:47
Removing the 'config.xml' resets it to default layout. – Abhijeet Oct 09 '20 at 04:43
@Ed999 The accepted solution worked perfectl out-of-the-box for me, I don't see what your suggestion adds. – avia Aug 24 '21 at 09:20
I expect the suggested solution works well enough for some users, and may even work for version 6.5.4, but to locate the necessary folder using Windows Explorer it's necessary to know the actual location of the folder. And it helps to differentiate the folder from any backup folder the user may have set in 'Options'. – Ed999 Sep 11 '21 at 05:05

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 18:11

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Go to

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\notepad++

(type your username instead of "Administrator" in the above path)

Delete the file "stylers.xml".

Restart Notepad++

answered Jun 25 '13 at 18:11

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The answer is right. Just always remember about environment variables. `%appdata%` makes life all of us easier ;) – Áxel Costas Pena Feb 11 '14 at 16:04
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Weirdly enough this turned everything orange for me. – Giles Roberts Nov 12 '18 at 05:57

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 12 '13 at 07:05

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It is easy to do using the following steps:

Go to settings
Go to style configurator
Then you can see there is an option call select theme.
Select default theme and save it.
Close the notepad and restart.

edited Jul 12 '13 at 07:05

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answered Jul 12 '13 at 05:48

Geeth Weerakoon

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This doesn't answer the question (until there is some Woo-Doo action behind this) – nixda Jul 12 '13 at 09:50
This was immediately useful. 3 seconds versus all the labor involved in every answer above it. – Ken Ingram Sep 04 '20 at 02:41

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 15 '21 at 23:11

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The following worked for me to remove all color styling:

Ctrl-A to select and highlight entire document
Right click
Remove style
Clear all styles

answered Feb 15 '21 at 23:11

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 19 '21 at 08:33

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Just in case someone has the same issue as me: If you have a Backupfolder set up in Options you have to delete the files mentioned above from that folder!

answered Feb 19 '21 at 08:33

Felix

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 11 '23 at 08:11

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If during installation you decided to don't use %APPDATA%, configuration xml files will be in notepad++ installation directory. This is frequent 4USB installation profile.

answered Aug 11 '23 at 08:11

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Sorry, its not making sense to me. – Rohit Gupta Aug 11 '23 at 08:35

score -2 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 29 '20 at 14:24

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just backup config.xml and than erase it to bring defaults back..

answered Apr 29 '20 at 14:24

Vasilis Samaras

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This answer does add nothing new in comparison to the above answers. – zx485 Apr 29 '20 at 18:13

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