The file is named Adobe Illustrator PrefsĪdobe document the location of this file here. Locating your Illustrator Preferences file Restoring this file will revert your panels, window positions, native Illustrator and Astute Graphics plugin preferences. To back up your Adobe Illustrator Prefs file…Ĭopy the previously backed-up Adobe Illustrator Prefs file back into the folder How do I back up and restore up my Illustrator Preferences?

Manually locate your Adobe Illustrator Prefs file

MacOS users: Option+Command+Shift as you start Illustrator Windows users: Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift as you start Illustrator There are two levels of resetting your preferences, the first and more commonly known is to: How do I reset my preferences?įollow Adobe's official guidelines here. Therefore, resetting will not mean you need to re-apply your software license keys. It will not impact your licensing or trial period. How will resetting Illustrator's Preferences affect my plugins? Yes, as long as you first make a backup of the preferences file you can always return to your previous preferences. Typically, all this will take 5 minutes, depending on how far you've customized Illustrator. Readjust any custom Illustrator Preferences ( Illustrator > Preferences > …)įor users of Illustrator 2019 and above, panels may not scale correctly first time - please refer to our UI Panel Scaling issue troubleshooting article for full information Redefine any custom keypresses and save these Re-open and dock native and plugin panels (found under the Window >. There may be options to tick to ensure these do not show again, otherwise they will automatically be marked to not re-appear until you delete your settings or preferences again. Upon starting Illustrator for the first time after resetting your Illustrator Preferences, the usual start-up windows will re-appear including the native application 'welcome' window and Astute Graphics' warning that you need to re-enable the Advanced toolbar to see all the tools. What do I need to do after resetting my Illustrator Preferences? It's good practice, very easy to do and solves a lot of issues with Illustrator and Astute Graphics' plugins. Why would I want to reset my Illustrator Preferences? in Illustrator, but these may be re-applied and set to your workflow manually once more. Note that this process will reset all your panels, etc.

If you experience an issue with Adobe Illustrator, including with any Astute Graphics plugin, you may be asked to reset your Adobe Illustrator preferences. This can be done by following the guidelines below.

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