# Appearance Customizations Lost

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/appearance-customizations-lost/332>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Tags:** themes\
**Created:** [April 30, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/appearance-customizations-lost/332 "2018-04-30T13:02:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DrSpatula](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drspatula/32/172_2.png) [@DrSpatula](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/DrSpatula)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/appearance-customizations-lost/332/1 "2018-04-30T13:02:25Z")

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I’ve just done a fresh, minimal install of 18.04. I’ve customized icon, widget, and font styles, but whenever I reopen the “Budgie Desktop Settings” application, they all reset to their defaults. Is there a way I can prevent this?

I did download/apply a couple of the themes from the “Budgie Themes” application before I customized things, and those settings seem to be the ones overriding my customizations. Can I “unset” a theme from there?

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**Author:** ![makitso](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/makitso/32/4961_2.png) [@makitso](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/makitso)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/appearance-customizations-lost/332/2 "2018-04-30T15:06:49Z")

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During the install, do you have your /home folder on a separate partition? Did you format /home

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**Author:** ![DrSpatula](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drspatula/32/172_2.png) [@DrSpatula](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/DrSpatula)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/appearance-customizations-lost/332/3 "2018-04-30T15:51:28Z")

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No. This was a fresh, “erase everything” install into a VirtualBox VM.