How to Un-import settings from Windows (on mac)

Created March 07, 2017 10:59

I imported my webstorm settings from Windows and now all my bindings are Windows based (ctr + c to copy etc) is there any way I can reset to factory defaults?? I've looked everyhwere and can't find any reset all button..

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206375479-Factory-Reset-Reset-Defaults-

I've tried renaming the folder I imported settings from (it was in dropbox) aswell as attempted to find where my settings are supposed to be by default (/library/preferences/We???) but cannot find that file/folder in there (I've tried ls -a to make sure it's not a hidden folder).

So how do I reset my webstorm to defaults?? Not that I hate having ctr+c, it's just I'm trying to follow platform specific bindings.

Cheers,
Michael.

2 comments

Andriy Bazanov

Created March 07, 2017 11:26

Hi there,

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs

For WebStorm 2016.3.3 (latest stable version available) it should be this one (notice the leading "~" that point to your user home folder (as compared to the path in your post)).

~/Library/Preferences/WebStorm2016.3

As for actual keyboard shortcuts: "Preferences | Keymap" -- just choose one that better suits Mac OS (the one named "Mac OS X 10.5+"). You may then delete your imported one.

Note: You cannot customize built-in keymap -- for that make your own copy ("Copy" button on that screen) and now change it as you wish.

You may also delete such keymap file manually if so desired (when IDE is closed, of course). The file should be located in this folder (sorry, I'm a Windows user and have no Mac to verify that)

~/Library/Preferences/WebStorm2016.3/keymaps/

Elena Pogorelova

Created March 07, 2017 11:28

To reset configuration to default, you need to do the following:

rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Preferences/WebStorm2016.3″
rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Caches/WebStorm2016.3″
rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Application Support/WebStorm2016.3″
rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Logs/WebStorm2016.3″

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