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Backup, reset, restore, configuration of a gnome extension.
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| How to export (backup), reset to defaults and import (restore) the configuration of a gnome extension. | |
| // prints the whole config to a file | |
| dconf dump /org/gnome/shell/extensions/<extension-name>/ > ~/<backupfile> | |
| // Resets the config to defaults (might wanna check first if the dump was a succes by opening the file) | |
| dconf reset -f /org/gnome/shell/extensions/<extension-name>/ | |
| // Loads configuration from a file into your gnome-shell | |
| dconf load /org/gnome/shell/extensions/<extension-name>/ < ~/<backupfile> | |
| From what I can tell a good way to determine <extension-name> is from its url at https://extensions.gnome.org | |
| However its better to be safe and launch dconf editor , browse to /org/gnome/shell/extensions/ and check the name. | |
| Output of a dump might look something like this (with more lines below it but no ending tag): | |
| [/] | |
| animation-time=0.10000000000000001 | |
| shortcuts-panel-show-running=true | |
| dock-edge-visible=false | |
| hide-delay=2.0 |
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dconf dump /org/gnome/ > backup.txtis convenient for me!