What a spooky Splash Screen in all 2026.3 releases
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The title says it all - it is so ugly I had to disable it. Why not a nice neutral abstract thing as usual?
Answer
As explained here, JetBrains understands that this creative concept hasn't worked for many users, so the artwork will be replaced with a more neutral design in the next update to our IDEs. Thanks for the feedback!
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Peter Jacobsen Thanks for the feedback. The design team collects feedback on the artwork and counts how many users switch to the simplified splash screen. Similar feedback is tracked in IJPL-260698, you can share yours as well or vote for an existing one. The blog posts AI Graphics at JetBrains: The Story and Intelligent Code Art describe some recent approaches.
Thanks for mentioning the other threads - I left a comment.
I cannot for the life of me find the “use simplified splash screen” option in the latest release of Rider.
This option is only available in IntelliJ. For all other products you can only disable the splash screen:
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-Dnosplash=truein Help | Edit Custom VM Options ornosplash=truein Help | Edit Custom Properties.Jonterp93 Rider 2026.3 doesn't include the "Use simplified splash screen" option yet. It is planned for the 2026.3.1 update and is tracked in RIDER-145088.