# reset Paraview using a command line

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 18, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637 "2021-07-18T20:45:19Z")
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### Author: ![Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/hussein_kokash/32/7143_2.png) [@Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hussein_Kokash)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637/1 "2021-07-18T20:45:19Z")

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Dear,

I am using Paraview 5.9.0 on Ubuntu, I have made a change in the settings where I activated the parallel processing with min of 32 processors and now I can’t open paraview.

Is there a way to reset the setting using a command line so that it can go back to the original settings?

Thanks

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637/2 "2021-07-19T12:34:09Z")

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These are usually stored in `$HOME/.config/ParaView*`. You can move these directories out of the way to get a clean configuration.

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### Author: ![Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/hussein_kokash/32/7143_2.png) [@Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hussein_Kokash)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637/3 "2021-07-19T17:49:55Z")

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Thanks for the answer Ben, these are in the .config/Paraview file: ParaView5.9.1.ini ParaView-UserSettings.json servers.pvsc

So I can empty the .config/Paraview and start Paraview again?

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637/4 "2021-07-19T19:30:47Z")

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I’d save it off in case there’s something you still want there, but yes, making ParaView not find them anymore should get you a pristine configuration.

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### Author: ![Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/hussein_kokash/32/7143_2.png) [@Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hussein_Kokash)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637/5 "2021-07-20T16:16:57Z")

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Perfect, thanks!