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

Question

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?

Answer 1

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++.

Answer 2

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++

Answer 3

It is easy to do using the following steps:

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

Answer 4

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!

Answer 5

The following worked for me to remove all color styling:

1. Ctrl-A to select and highlight entire document
2. Right click
3. Remove style
4. Clear all styles

Answer 6

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.