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

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 ?

kmonsoor

Posted 2013-01-23T04:09:20.647

Reputation: 977

Answers

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++.

heavyd

Posted 2013-01-23T04:09:20.647

Reputation: 54 755

This worked great with notepad++ version 6.5.4 – avanderw – 2014-06-30T11:47:21.230

2This is a more useful path: C:\Users%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\notepad++ – Ed999 – 2016-05-27T15:47:28.613

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++

Yogeshwar

Posted 2013-01-23T04:09:20.647

Reputation: 81

Weirdly enough this turned everything orange for me. – Giles Roberts – 2018-11-12T05:57:39.710

3The answer is right. Just always remember about environment variables. %appdata% makes life all of us easier ;) – Áxel Costas Pena – 2014-02-11T16:04:29.810

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.

Geeth Weerakoon

Posted 2013-01-23T04:09:20.647

Reputation: 11

1This doesn't answer the question (until there is some Woo-Doo action behind this) – nixda – 2013-07-12T09:50:10.097