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7. Factory reset

fiftydinar edited this page Nov 4, 2024 · 4 revisions

How to reset settings for all Gnome extensions?

Go to Terminal & apply this command:

just factory-reset gnome-extensions

This resets all Gnome extensions settings to defaults.

How to reset all OS settings to factory defaults?

Go to Terminal & apply this command:

just factory-reset settings

This resets all OS settings to defaults.

How to reset all Gidro-OS modified settings to factory defaults?

Go to Terminal & apply this command:

just factory-reset settings-gidro-os

This is useful if you don't want to reset other customizations that you did to the default Gnome experience.
So it only resets the settings which are modified by Gidro-OS compared to the default Gnome experience.

How to reset all apps to factory defaults?

Go to Terminal & apply this command:

just factory-reset apps

This will uninstall all flatpaks that you installed, including their data.
It also applies custom Gidro-OS defaults to Text Editor, Calculator, Clapper, Gapless & Folio.

How to reset settings for modified Gidro-OS apps to factory defaults?

Go to Terminal & apply this command:

just factory-reset apps-gidro-os

This will reset settings to factory defaults for Text Editor, Calculator, Clapper, Gapless & Folio.

Those apps are modified in Gidro-OS compared to their defaults, so this is useful if you want to reset settings to Gidro-OS defaults for those apps.

How to reset everything in Gidro-OS to factory defaults, including settings & app data?

Go to Terminal & apply this command:

just factory-reset all

Restart your system.

Take in mind that "factory-reset all" of Gidro-OS is not actually reseting everything. It resets everything as much as possible in current state.

Currently, it won't restore /etc folder to default state if modified, it won't clean out /var & it won't restore "Home" directory to defaults, including its config & dotfiles (your personal data in "Home" remains).