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I would like to know how to reset a user set window size for an application to the one chosen by the developer. Are these settings usually stored in some plist file?

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Reset to default
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It depends on the Application, but mostly it's stored in the defaults database. You can check for example Mail.app with:

defaults read com.apple.mail DefaultWindowState

If You do not know the key just grep with "window" the output from defaults read BUNDLE_ID where BUNDLE_ID is Your application bundle identifier which can be read like this:

APP_PATH="/Applications/Mail.app"
defaults read "$APP_PATH/Contents/Info.plist" CFBundleIdentifier

You can try to change keys in plists using defaults command or locate plist file in ~/Library/Preferences directory and change it manually.

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  • May I ask what you mean by"You can try to change keys in plists using defaults command or locate plist file in ~/Library/Preferences directory and change it manually".... Should I pass default in the string area of the plist for resetting to the default size or?
    – Caspert
    Jun 30, 2016 at 15:26
  • @Caspert I think You can just delete the key with defaults delete BUNDLE KEY
    – Mateusz Szlosek
    Jul 1, 2016 at 9:22

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