# How restore default budgie lock screen

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 9, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655 "2019-11-09T19:53:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Netzack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Netzack](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Netzack)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655/1 "2019-11-09T19:53:39Z")

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Hi all, unfortunately I have installed unity, now no longer possible to have the default budgie lock screen ? I have make some research on google and here with no result, any ideas. THX!!

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655/2 "2019-11-09T20:46:46Z")

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Sorry no idea why unity stamps all over budgie ☹ bad bad unity

Budgie’s lock screen is gnome-screensaver so at a guess try reinstalling that package

```
sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-screensaver
```

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**Author:** ![Netzack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Netzack](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Netzack)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655/3 "2019-11-11T16:40:01Z")

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thx works fine, just impossible the change the lock screen pictures. remain the gnome ones!?

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655/4 "2019-11-11T17:26:07Z")

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In settings - background you have the ability to change the lock screen image.

If it doesnt work then I am afraid that is unity messing with your system. Nothing we can do about that.

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**Author:** ![milans](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/milans/32/2718_2.png) [@milans](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/milans)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655/5 "2021-06-01T09:13:00Z")

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Hi, I have a question connected with the same topic here so I will post it here and hopefully someone will see it 🙂

I want to change lock screen background in Ubuntu Budgie 20.04. I have found a few answers on google saying I should change some ubuntu css file but I wanted to check with you guys if there is easier way to do that. For example in the answer here by @fossfreedom that option should be available directly from settings. But I don’t see anything there. Here is the screenshot, can you tell me where to find that option?

 ![Screenshot from 2021-06-01 11-08-54](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/d/d01663f987bec6188d971cf4e67eb3b8d783950b.png)

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655/6 "2021-06-01T09:25:21Z")

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Yeah - that answer was written back in 2019 when Settings Background had the ability to set independently the background picture for the lock screen & user session.

Now they are tied together.

If you change the dconf key value (via dconf-editor) to the path to your picture then your lockscreen picture will be different from your user session

```
org.gnome.desktop.screensaver picture-uri
```

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**Author:** ![milans](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/milans/32/2718_2.png) [@milans](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/milans)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/how-restore-default-budgie-lock-screen/2655/7 "2021-06-01T09:51:32Z")

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Thank you! Great, it works and it’s easy (I already had dconf-editor installed). Cheers! 🙂