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(potentially very outdated!)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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