How to reset settings in Visual Studio Code?

I've hidden the menu bar by accident and I can't find a way to show it again. How do I restore the default settings in Visual Studio Code?

Here I found a detailed description of settings file. As it states, it should be located at %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json, but in my case it's not there.

You can get your menu back by pressing/holding alt, you can then toggle the menu back on via the View menu.

As for your settings, you can open your user settings through the command palette:

1. Press F1
2. Type user settings
3. Press enter

4. Click the "sheet" icon to open the settings.json file:

   

From there you can delete the file's contents and save to reset your settings.

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For a more manual route, the settings files are located in the following locations:

• Windows %APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json
• macOS $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/settings.json
• Linux $HOME/.config/Code/User/settings.json

Extensions are located in the following locations:

• Windows %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions
• macOS ~/.vscode/extensions
• Linux ~/.vscode/extensions