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How can I reset Document Viewer's per-document settings?

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Document Viewer appears to remember my settings (scroll position, zoom, full-screen, etc.) for each document. I've recently changed its default settings and I want them to apply to all documents, including those I've opened previously.

How can I make it forget all per-document settings without reverting the changes I've made to the default settings?

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answered 2 Years ago terneive · Accepted Answer

You can remove all GVFS attributes, related to evince, for a given file with this script:

file="MyFile.pdf"

while read attribute value; do

    [ "${attribute:0:18}" = "metadata::evince::" ] && 

            gvfs-set-attribute "${file}" -t unset "${attribute:0:-1}"

done < <(gvfs-info "${file}")

You can check the attributes with gvfs-info "${file}"