Reset Preferences in Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro 2023 and Later

Reset Preferences

• On your keyboard, hold down the Shift key while launching the Adobe Premiere Pro application.
• Release the Shift key when the load screen appears.
• The Reset Options dialog box should open.
• Select “Reset app preferences” and deselect other options.
• Click the Continue button, the Adobe Premiere Pro application should continue to load.
• Please allow a few moments as the application resets the preferences.

Premiere Pro 2022 and Earlier

Reset Preferences

• On your keyboard, hold down the Alt key (on Windows OS) or the Option key (on macOS) while launching Premiere Pro.
• Release the Alt key or Option key when the application’s load screen appears.
• The list of Recent Projects on the Welcome Screen will be empty the next time Adobe Premiere Pro is launched.

Adobe Support

Official Adobe Support documents on how to configure, reset and restore preferences in Adobe Premiere Pro:

• How to Configure Preference Settings – https://helpx.adobe.com/in/premiere-pro/using/preferences.html
• How to Reset Preference Settings: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/premiere-pro/using/reset-preferences.html