{"id":6433,"date":"2018-04-07T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carnaghan.com\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=6433"},"modified":"2018-04-07T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:26:00","slug":"how-to-restore-panels-in-ubuntu-to-their-default-settings","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/www.carnaghan.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-restore-panels-in-ubuntu-to-their-default-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to restore panels in Ubuntu to their default settings"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to\u00a0restore<\/strong>\u00a0panels<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Ubuntu<\/strong>\u00a0to their\u00a0default settings<\/strong>\u00a0after maybe\u00a0deleting<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0Panels<\/strong>\u00a0or accidentally removed an\u00a0icon<\/strong>\u00a0or something? You could always add the\u00a0Panels\/Icons<\/strong>\u00a0one by one, but that’s time consuming. The quickest answer is below.<\/p>\n

STEP 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start a\u00a0Terminal<\/strong>\u00a0session<\/strong>. To do this press\u00a0ALT+F2\u00a0<\/strong>together. The\u00a0Run Application<\/strong>window should appear.Type in “gnome-terminal<\/strong>” click on\u00a0Show list of known applications<\/strong>\u00a0and select\u00a0Terminal<\/strong>\u00a0and click on run.<\/p>\n

\"Gnome<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

STEP 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Terminal window\u00a0<\/strong>should be open now.
\nEnter the following command “gconftool –recursive-unset \/apps\/panel<\/strong>” and hit Enter.<\/p>\n

STEP 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the previous\u00a0command<\/strong>\u00a0executed<\/strong>\u00a0successfully type in the following command “pkill gnome-panel<\/strong>” and hit Enter.<\/p>\n

STEP 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

All\u00a0Panels<\/strong>\u00a0top and bottom should appear. Or the\u00a0missing<\/strong>\u00a0panel<\/strong>\u00a0will appear again.\u00a0Customize<\/strong>\u00a0them to you’re previous\u00a0settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

NOTE<\/strong>: Has been tested on\u00a0Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon<\/strong>,\u00a0Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04<\/strong>and\u00a0Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to\u00a0restore\u00a0panels\u00a0in\u00a0Ubuntu\u00a0to their\u00a0default settings\u00a0after maybe\u00a0deleting\u00a0the\u00a0Panels\u00a0or accidentally removed an\u00a0icon\u00a0or something? You could always add the\u00a0Panels\/Icons\u00a0one by one, but that’s time consuming. The quickest answer is below. STEP 1 Start a\u00a0Terminal\u00a0session. To do this press\u00a0ALT+F2\u00a0together. The\u00a0Run Applicationwindow should appear.Type in “gnome-terminal” click on\u00a0Show list of known applications\u00a0and select\u00a0Terminal\u00a0and click on run.   STEP 2 The\u00a0Terminal window\u00a0should be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"epkb_post_type_1_category":[4412],"epkb_post_type_1_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to restore panels in Ubuntu to their default settings - Ian Carnaghan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carnaghan.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-restore-panels-in-ubuntu-to-their-default-settings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to restore panels in Ubuntu to their default settings - Ian Carnaghan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to\u00a0restore\u00a0panels\u00a0in\u00a0Ubuntu\u00a0to their\u00a0default settings\u00a0after maybe\u00a0deleting\u00a0the\u00a0Panels\u00a0or accidentally removed an\u00a0icon\u00a0or something? 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