How To Restore The Original Panel And Menu Bar in Ubuntu

New Solution

Note: The old solution no longer worked for me, I found a new solution and posted it here.

Open Terminal: Ctrl+Shift+T

Execute these three commands:

gconftool-2 --shutdown
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
pkill gnome-panel

The panels should reappear without logging out.

Old Solution

Note: This no longer works for me, but I leave it here for those who would like to try. After all, this solution saved me once, and it once worked just fine.

Well, I deleted my top panel by accident today. When I create a new one, some of the original items such as wire network connection, PMC volume control, notification area, date and time… are not there any more. Some of them are no where to be found in the items listed for adding new items onto panels. Anyhow, a quick Google search let me to the solution, found here and quoted below.

Open Terminal: Ctrl+Shift+T

Execute these three commands:

gnome-session-remove gnome-panel
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
gnome-panel &

Then logout and log back in, or restart you X server with CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE , everything should be fine.

Note: During this process, all panels, including the top and bottom, will be deleted and restore to the default settings. So, if you delete the bottom panel, this also restores it.

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15 Comments

  1. Thats great. But what are the keyboard shortcuts to start a terminal, i cant find those anywhere.

  2. Lee,

    I think the Ctrl+Shift+T is the default keyboard shortcut to open your terminal.

    You can also add terminal on your panel as a quick shortcut like in windows.

  3. Ok, thanks. Next issue.
    I type each command, hitting enter after each command. After the last command I get a blinking, black cursur with no confirmation….I log out and in and still same problem…

  4. Lee,

    Thanks for coming back.

    I found another solution.

    In terminal, enter these three commands:

    gconftool-2 --shutdown
    rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
    pkill gnome-panel

    I hope this helps.

  5. hi there! thanks for this info. really helped. but i got one problem though. my network monitor applet didn’t appear in the panel.

    any ideas? thanks again.

  6. j0sh818,

    I never have the same problem before. I will search for the solution soon. However, at the mean time, what you can do is put a network monitor on your panel:

    Right-click on the panel => Select “Add to panel…” => select “Network Monitor”

    This might help you for now.

  7. Excellent! This is what I wanted to know. Worked for me. Thank you!

  8. Nice Post…. I was just looking for this and this worked.

  9. oh man thank you this really help me a lot nice job

  10. You. Are. My. Hero.

    Thanks so much!

  11. what if I cannot run terminal in no possible way. I cannot access top nor bottom menu. I have deleted all the folder in .home I am trying already 2 hours to solve this but nothing works.
    CTRL+ALT+T = NO
    ALT F2 = NO

  12. I deleted my bottom panel desktop panel by mistake. I tried a few other suggestions but nothing worked. When I tried yours it worked perfectly. No re-boot or anything needed my panel came back along with the trash can.
    Your just wonderful… thank you very much.

    Posted on June 23, 2008 by Quyen Nguyen
    New Solution
    Open Terminal: Ctrl+Shift+T

    Execute these three commands:

    gconftool-2 –shutdown
    rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
    pkill gnome-panel

  13. great! it works, many thanks Quyen Nguyen

  14. thanks a lot
    works like a charm

  15. Thank you very much!
    The solution solved my problem.


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