Title: Plugin Default Settings
Last modified: July 11, 2024

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# Plugin Default Settings

 *  [andyro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyro1/)
 * (@andyro1)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-default-settings-2/)
 * I suspect this has asked and answered many times, but I can’t seem to find it.
   Is there a ‘universal’ way to reset a plugin to it’s default (i.e. freshly installed)
   state? For now, I’m trying to do it with Smart Slider but I’m sure there will
   be others.
 * Many thanks . . . Andy

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 *  [dhruvkb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhruvkb/)
 * (@dhruvkb)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-default-settings-2/#post-17882334)
 * [@andyro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyro1/) there isn’t a standard
   way to reset a plugin to its default state because implementing such a functionality
   is upto the plugin developer. In some cases, it can be useful to have the plugin
   settings persist in case a plugin is reactivated or reinstalled.
 * Here are some approaches you can try.
    - Try to deactivate, uninstall, reinstall and activate the plugin. For some 
      plugins, doing this will automatically revert them to the initial settings.
    - If that doesn’t work, you can try using a plugins like [WP Reset](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-reset/),
      which supports can delete other plugins along with their database tables and
      stored files.
    - Finally, if you have access to the server, you can manually delete a plugin’s
      files over FTP and/or remove tables for that plugin using phpMyAdmin.
 * In all these cases, please be careful and take a backup beforehand because one
   can accidentally delete more than what they were aiming for.
 *  Thread Starter [andyro1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyro1/)
 * (@andyro1)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-default-settings-2/#post-17884045)
 * Hi dhruvkb,
 * Thank you for your informative reply. Of course, your wisdom about backups is
   sage, and it has the ancillary benefit of giving one courage 😉
 * Although I’ve tinkered with WP Reset, I think your third bullet will be the way
   for me, as I’m comfortable getting into the file system — after creating a backup
   of course!
 * Thanks again . . . Andy

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