How to restore panels in Ubuntu to their default settings

How to restore panels in Ubuntu to their default settings after maybe deleting the Panels or accidentally removed an icon or something? You could always add the Panels/Icons one by one, but that’s time consuming. The quickest answer is below.

STEP 1

Start a Terminal session. To do this press ALT+F2 together. The Run Applicationwindow should appear.Type in “gnome-terminal” click on Show list of known applications and select Terminal and click on run.

STEP 2

The Terminal window should be open now.
Enter the following command “gconftool –recursive-unset /apps/panel” and hit Enter.

STEP 3

After the previous command executed successfully type in the following command “pkill gnome-panel” and hit Enter.

STEP 4

All Panels top and bottom should appear. Or the missing panel will appear again. Customize them to you’re previous settings.

NOTE: Has been tested on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04and Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04