shell-scripts/reset_gtk.sh

#!bin/bash
#Reset gnome to defaults
#https://askubuntu.com/questions/56313/how-do-i-reset-gnome-to-the-defaults#56314

# Backs up and renames your old gtk and dconf folders to reset gnome to defaults
# Updated for Ubuntu 17.10

# Get gnome shell version
VER=`gnome-shell --version`
echo "Gnome shell"
echo "$VER"

# Get GTK version
GTKVER=`dpkg -s libgtk-3-0|grep '^Version' | cut -d' ' -f2-`
echo "GTK version"
echo "$GTKVER"

for f in .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity; do mv $f ${f}.bak; done or mkdir -p ~/.backup-gnome-config/ && for f in .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity; do mv $f ~/.backup-gnome-config/; done

dconf reset -f /org/gnome/

# Reset Gnome Extensions
mv ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions-bkup
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions