Request for your kind help for settings-reg.

[Duncan]

Dhana posted on Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:06:32 +0530 as excerpted:

> i am using kdenlive. it's a wonderful software. I really like it very
> much.
> It does everything well even a paid version of same kind does not.
> 
> I changed the settings and other things. So, I want to get it to its
> default condition on everything as though it looks like my first
> installation. Please tell me how to do that.
> 
> Your immediate reply will be highly appreciated.

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Based on the timestamp of your message it got stuck in the moderation 
queue (maybe because you're not a list subscriber?) and only now more than 
a month later did I see it.  So much for immediate, but if it's still of 
use...

I use various kde software but not kdenlive itself, so this is a general 
answer based on where the kde config libraries normally store stuff for 
most kde-based apps.  Also, you didn't mention OS; I'm on Linux, but the 
path should be similar for most Unix-like platforms.  For MS I've only a 
(potentially very outdated!) guess and I've no idea on Android, etc.

KDE software normally saves its config in text files.  On Linux and 
presumably any other Unix-like OS KDE software runs on, the user's config 
files are normally found under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, named after the 
application, with an rc suffix.  If the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME environmental 
variable isn't set, the default is ~/.config/ .  So I'd expect a file like 
~/.config/kdenliverc .  Additional non-config application data is usually 
in a subdir named after the application under $XDG_DATA_HOME which 
defaults to ~/local/share/ if the variable isn't set.  So those files 
would normally be ~/local/share/kdenlive/* .

Delete those, perhaps backing them up first if you're unsure and might 
want to restore them, and you should be back to defaults for most stuff.

In MS Windows I'd /guess/ it'd be either some appropriate registry key, or 
in the application directory along with the executable.  But I switched to 
Linux around the turn of the century so that's a dated guess at best...

Anything else (like the Android I know some KDE software runs on), I've 
not a clue.

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