Ubuntu – How to delete Gnome Panel

Reset Gnome.

First of all, backup your settings.

mkdir ~/backup_gnome
mkdir ~/backup_gnome/.gnome/
cp -R ~/.gnome/* ~/backup_gnome/.gnome/

Do this with these folders: .gnome, .gnome2, .gconf, .gconfd, .metacity

Another way is to backup ALL of your settings:

mkdir ~/backup_settings
cp -R ~/.* ~/backup_settings/

After making backups, you can delete all gnome settings:

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

WARNING: If you remove all these folders, you essentially remove all the settings.

After resetting gnome, Logout and Login again (or restart your computer). You panels should be restored, now you can edit them again.

I hope this helped you, but try all the answers before mine, because resetting gnome is like reinstalling gnome.

Daniel

Well , I had script for resetting the gnome panel . I am not sure if this script will work on notebook version , i used it in desktop version ,and its very helpful .

save this script to PanelRestore.sh to the desktop for example and chmod +x PanelRestore.sh and then run it by terminal ./PanelRestore.sh , a new window will pop up , just click restore default setting and you would be good to go

#!/bin/sh
#
# GNOME Panel Save / Restore
# Writen by PhrankDaChicken
#
# http://ubuntu.online02.com
#
#
# Updated to add restore defaults by jimjimovich
# http://www.starryhope.com
#
#


DIR=$(pwd)
TITLE="PanelRestore"

Main () {
    CHOICE=$(zenity --list --title "$TITLE" --hide-column 1 --text "What do you want to do?" --column "" --column "" \
"0" "Save Panel Settings" \
"1" "Restore Panel Settings" \
"2" "Restore Default Panel Settings")
    if [ $CHOICE = 0 ]; then
        Panel_Save
    fi
    if [ $CHOICE = 1 ]; then
        Panel_Restore
    fi
    if [ $CHOICE = 2 ]; then
        Panel_Defaults
    fi  
}

Panel_Restore () {
    FILE=$(zenity --title "$TITLE: Open File" --file-selection --file-filter "*.xml" )
    if [ -n "$FILE" ]; then 
        gconftool-2 --load "$FILE"
        killall gnome-panel
    fi
    Main
}

Panel_Save () {
    FILE=$(zenity --title "$TITLE: Save File" --file-selection --save --confirm-overwrite --filename "Gnome_Panel.xml" --file-filter "*.xml" )
    if [ -n "$FILE" ]; then 
        EXT=$(echo "$FILE" | grep "xml")
        if [ "$EXT" = "" ]; then
            FILE="$FILE.xml"
        fi
        gconftool-2 --dump /apps/panel > $FILE
        zenity --info --title "$TITLE: File Saved" --text "File saved as: \n $FILE"
    fi
    Main
}

Panel_Defaults () {
    zenity --question --text="Are you sure you want to restore the default top and bottom panels?"
    gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
    rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
    pkill gnome-panel
    exit
}

Main

# END OF Script