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restore defaults

To restore defaults is to reset software settings to the standard values originally set by the program or system.

In plain English

This means putting settings back to the built-in starting values. Those values are the program's or system's own standard choices, not later changes.

In context

Here, "restore defaults" requests that the software put the layout or settings back to the program's or system's original standard values.

Situation
Using dashboards, tables, filters, sorting, views, and bulk controls
What it communicates
requests a return to the standard layout or settings

Meaning limits

The term by itself does not say which settings are included, only that the affected software settings are reset to the original standard values.

Examples

“After changing the font size and alert sounds, Leo restored the calendar app's defaults.”

Core meaning

“When the panels are scattered across the screen, restore defaults for the layout.”

In context