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Visual Studio: Reset All Settings

Mitch BartlettNovember 7, 2019 Comments (7)
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If your Microsoft Visual Studio settings are all messed up and you want to reset all of them to default settings, use these steps.

1. From within Visual Studio, select the “Tools” menu, then choose “Import and Export Settings…“.

2. Select “Reset all settings“, then select “Next“.

3. If you wish to save your existing settings, select “Yes, save my current settings“. Otherwise select “No, just reset settings, overwriting my current settings“. Select “Next” once you have chosen.

4. Choose the default collection of settings you wish to reset to. In most cases, you’ll want to choose “General“. Select “Finish” once you have chosen, and you’re done!

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Author Mitch Bartlett

Through my career that spans over 20 years I have become an expert in Microsoft Systems Administration, Android, and macOS. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful knowledgebase for everyone.

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Comments

  1. mashki says:
    December 8, 2022 at 12:12 am

    Thank you really worked for me

  2. Capt says:
    July 15, 2022 at 6:54 pm

    devenv.exe /resetsettings

  3. Fred Hababorbitz says:
    December 6, 2021 at 4:26 pm

    This DID NOT reset them to the default view that the original install of VS 2022 had. Irritating as a minimum. So do I have to uninstall the whole damn program to fix this?

  4. Daniel says:
    May 20, 2021 at 1:54 pm

    so can we get a current step by step for the recent UI this does absolutely nothing for me

  5. Jay says:
    April 8, 2021 at 11:16 am

    where is the Import and Export Settings… .I dont have same UI

  6. ALEXANDRE S PAIVA says:
    June 11, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    If the menu were Import, Export or Reset Settings… I wold not have to google for it. I love VS, but I hate some things that only Microsoft does. Or don’t do.
    Thank you!

  7. zack says:
    March 28, 2020 at 11:55 pm

    thanks so much

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Last Updated on November 7, 2019 by Mitch Bartlett