Reset Qt Creator settings | Qt Creator Documentation

- Qt Creator Documentation
- Reset Qt Creator settings
- Qt Creator 17.0.1

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# Reset Qt Creator settings

To reset all Qt Creator settings, remove the settings files that it creates:

- QtCreator.db
- QtCreator.ini
- qtversion.xml
- qtcreator

The location of the above files and directories depends on the platform:

- On Linux and other Unix platforms, look in `~/.config/QtProject` and `~/.local/share/data/QtProject/qtcreator`.
- On macOS, look in `~/.config/QtProject` and `~/Library/Application Support/QtProject/Qt Creator`.
- On Windows, look in `%appdata%\QtProject` and `%localappdata%\QtProject`.

To check whether the settings are causing a problem before resetting them, start Qt Creator from the command line with options.

## Override the default settings path

To override the default path where user settings are stored, enter:

     qtcreator -settingspath <path>

To override the default path from where user-independent settings are read (for example, those written by the installer), enter:

     qtcreator -installsettingspath <path>

## Start Qt Creator with temporary clean settings

To use clean settings that are deleted when you quit Qt Creator, enter:

     qtcreator -tcs

See also Run Qt Creator from the command line.

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