Reset IntelliJ UI to Default

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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

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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

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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

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The existing answers are outdated  This is now doable from the menu   Window -  Restore Default Layout  shift f12   Make sure nothing is currently running  as the Run Debug window layout will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

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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

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

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Recent Versions  Window - gt  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

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From the main menu  select File   Manage IDE Settings   Restore Default Settings  Alternatively  press Shift twice and type Restore default settings

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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

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