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Asked: 2015-06-01 21:17:45 +0800 CST

how to remove any changes made by compiz?

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I had ubuntu 14.04 with unity desktop. Then i downloaded and used compiz but messed up and now unity desktop is not usable. I dont see the menu on top or the panel on left side. Neither is the CLI available after pressing Ctrl+Alt+t.

However I can still access the CLI by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1. Now, how can I undo any changes that compiz had applied, so that the desktop will be usable again.

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  1. Best Answer

    This should reset all of your changes to Compiz/Unity:

    1. Install dconf-tools: sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

    2. Reset Compiz and Unity: dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

    3. Reset Unity: setsid unity

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  2. Delete those directories and login again:

    rm  -rf ~/.compiz-1 

rm -rf ~/.config/compiz-1
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