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I have applied this theme to WebStorm, but I do not like it.

How can I revert to WebStorm's default setting?

Pang
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Stalso
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    I tend to delete the **.idea** folder from the project directory for a clean reset. Be warned, this will remove any preferences you have set up. – camden_kid Jun 27 '16 at 12:37
  • @camden_kid It will not help here as this is an IDE-wide setting and not project-specific. – LazyOne Jun 27 '16 at 13:15

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Depending on what OS you are on, you should be able to remove the config file and WebStorm will recreate it.

Normally, there are .idea folders as @camden_kid said.

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/webstorm/2016.1/project-and-ide-settings.html

Windows

<User home>\.WebStormXX\config that contains user-specific settings.

<User home> in WindowsXP is C:\Documents and Settings\<User name>\;
in Windows Vista it is C:\Users\<User name>\

Linux

/.WebStormXX/config that contains user-specific settings

Mac

~/Library/Preferences/WebStormXX contains the rest of the configuration settings.

You might be able to just swap theme depending on how destructive the theme files were.

Pang
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Zac Grierson
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  • You may want to backup the deleted folder before deleting it. Exporting the settings should also help. – Ricardo Feb 01 '19 at 03:20
  • Why would you backup an auto generated file you are trying to reset? – Zac Grierson Feb 02 '19 at 19:20
  • If you don't know a backup is not needed. If the solution works, you can just delete the backup. If it doesn't, you can perhaps recover other valuable settings and try a different solution. – Ricardo Feb 15 '19 at 02:24
  • I mean thats not the purpose of a "reset" by definition but I understand your logic.. – Zac Grierson Feb 15 '19 at 02:56
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Just disable (or better -- uninstall) that plugin -- that's it.

  1. Settings/Preferences | Plugins
  2. Find that plugin (Material Theme UI) and click "Uninstall"
  3. Close Settings/Preferences window by clicking OK button
  4. Restart IDE
  5. Now you can change GUI Theme and Editor Color Schema separately
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Uninstalling the previous used Material UI Theme plugin didn't help completely for me, because some colors were still overwritten.

After deleting the "colors" folder inside the config folder of my WebStorm installation directory, the default theme was reset completely.

Pang
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Daniel Schmitz
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On macOS Mojave, I had to go to

/Users/loggedInUser/Library/preferences/WebStorm2019.2/

and delete the colors and options folders. That did the trick.

Pang
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Guerneen4
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Directories used by the IDE to store settings, caches, plugins and logs:

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs

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To reset to default settings, first close webstorm and delete configurations e.g:

$ rm -rf ~/.config/JetBrains/WebStorm2021.3/

Then start webstorm again.

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