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dominich66100215
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October 27, 2022
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Illustrator - I've reset tool preferences and now all my work is gone

  • October 27, 2022
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My spacebar was no longer working as a drag tool so I reset my tool preferences by holding shift, command and option when loading illustrator and now all of my recent files on illustrator are gone. Is there any way for me to retrieve these?

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Correct answer Doug A Roberts

Alt + Command + Shift deletes them. They can only be restored via Time Machine or the Windows equivalent if you have it.

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Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity Expert
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October 27, 2022

The files themselves still exist wherever you have saved them, but there is no way of retrieving the 'recent files' list in Illustrator without restoring the old preferences.

dominich66100215
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October 27, 2022

How do I restore the old preferences?

Doug A Roberts
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Doug A RobertsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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October 27, 2022

Alt + Command + Shift deletes them. They can only be restored via Time Machine or the Windows equivalent if you have it.

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