How to completely reset KDE Plasma environment

davidshen84 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 314

Hi,

My system is gentoo 64 bit, KDE 5 + Plasma, up to date.

The system is upgraded from KDE 4, so I want to complete reset my desktop settings. I tried to delete:

- ~/.config/kde*
- ~/.kde*

But after restart, the KDE environment still remember my KDE Wallet settings, and wifi settings. I wonder if there's any configuration files I missed.
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toralf · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:37 am Post subject:

And ~/.local ??

kensington · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:13 pm Post subject:

Most Plasma 5 settings seem to have moved to no longer be in any KDE-specific directory. For example, I have ~/.config/kwalletrc.

davidshen84 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 314

albright · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:07 pm Post subject:

[quoteMost Plasma 5 settings seem to have moved to no longer be in any KDE-specific directory[/quote]

I do not think that is step forward
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dasPaul · Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:34 am Post subject:

Today I was on the same mission. The config files are scattered everywhere in the .config directory. And what about ~/.cache/ksys*,plasma*, ~/.local/share/k* ... This is a pure mess!

What the heck is the reason not putting this into one folder?

albright · Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:46 am Post subject:

I fear more and more: USERS DON'T TOUCH CONFIG FILES (we know best)

and notice the move away from simple text file config files to xml and other
obsfucations

not the linux way :cry:

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