How to reset Kate default color schemes?

Question

I accidentally changed some of Kate's default color schemes. How do I set them back to default? I tried reinstalling (including with the option to remove config files) but it kept my changes.

Solution

The file you need to remove, or edit if you prefer, is: kateschemearc, which is usually located in a folder like $HOME/.config/ (the name of your .kde file may be .kde4 or something similar).

Remove that file and all default colour schemes are restored.

Comments

[Samuel Pardee]

That file doesn't exist. There is no ~/.kde, and ~/.kde4/share/config has no kateschemarc, so anything starting with kate. Where else should I look?

[Klaatu von Schlacker]

How about a find command: find ~ -type f -iname "katescherc*"

[orodbhen]

I found it in both ~/.kde4 and ~/.kde, and deleted both. That fixed it.

[xeruf]

I found none of these files throughout my whole home. I deleted ~/.kde/share/config/katerc but to no avail. Actually, the file was ~/.config/kateschemarc, note the missing e. For finding it use this instead: find ~ -type f -name "katesche*"