Reset Android Studio settings to default setting on linux

Question

everyone. I used to develop android application on Mac. Recently I installed android development environment on my Thinkpad which running Xubuntu.

I imported the Android studio settings on Mac to the Android studio on Xubuntu via File-> import settings.

But after I have done this, everything goes wrong. The hotkey, the java path ecc.

I tried to delete android studio, and download it again, but the settings are still there.

On the internet I can find almost nothing about this, does anyone know how to reset Android Studio settings to default setting? Thanks!

Answer 1

It's very simple. Depending on your AndroidStudio version, the settings are stored in ~/.AndroidStudio, ~/.AndroidStudio1.1 or ~/.AndroidStudio1.2.

Open a terminal and run the following code:

ls -a | grep Android # See which of those three folders above you have. Then rename each of the settings folders you have with the appropriate mv command:

mv .AndroidStudio .AndroidStudio.bak
mv .AndroidStudio1.1 .AndroidStudio1.1.bak
mv .AndroidStudio1.2 .AndroidStudio1.2.bak

Answer 2

The file location on Linux has changed since this question was first asked. As of Android Studio 4.2, you may remove all the settings and cache using:

rm -rf ~/.config/Google/AndroidStudio*
rm -rf ~/.local/share/Google/AndroidStudio*
rm -rf ~/.cache/Google/AndroidStudio*

Answer 3

To restore with same method of the colleague with windows, but now with ubuntu, by the terminal.

1. To know what folder relating android on the PC, using the command (ls -a | grep Android), without parentisis.

For example, in my case, these: - Android - .AndroidStudio3.0 - AndroidStudioProjects - AndroidV

2. In my case I got the folder .Android studio, I proceed to delete with the command (rm -rf ~/.AndroidStudio3.0) without parentisis.

3. I return to check with the command (ls -a | grep Android), without parentisis. if the folder .Androidstudio3.0 was deleted, in my case.

   • Android
   • AndroidStudioProjects
   • AndroidV

then run Android Studio launcher, Vooalaaa !! Configure as the first time and Resetting.

Apologize for my bad orthographies and other details, but with that method I solved my Android Studio in ubuntu 16.04 LTS.