Accidentally change all directories icons

[andy95]

Hi! I intended to change one directory icon and I ended up changing all of them(EVERYWHERE on my system, even when I create a new ones) somehow. How do I revert the change?

I know this sounds stupid, but I can’t find a reasonable way to do it.

System:
Kernel: 6.8.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8e5a7df5-e917-434b-84d5-903c40e177cf rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.1.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37) v: 3.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: H.60 date: 11/06/2019
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701013
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4249 high: 4250 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 4250 2: 4250
3: 4250 4: 4250 5: 4250 6: 4250 7: 4250 8: 4250 9: 4250 10: 4249 11: 4250
12: 4250 13: 4250 14: 4249 15: 4249 16: 4250 bogomips: 135995
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 550.76 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1
bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2187 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia d-rect: 3840x1080
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: right res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
x11: drv: zink inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.76
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 3.91 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER driver: nvidia v: 550.76 device-ID: 10de:2187
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech PRO X Wireless Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1:5 chip-ID: 046d:0aba class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.8.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp39s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 15.54 GiB (0.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 250GB
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B4QFXO7 temp: 32.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA2000M81000G
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: S5Z42105 temp: 36.9 C
scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1A02 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 15.54 GiB (6.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 15.54 GiB (6.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 15.54 GiB (6.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 232.59 GiB size: 232.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 15.54 GiB (6.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.6 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.29 GiB used: 2.8 GiB (8.9%)
Processes: 349 Power: uptime: 7m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1399 libs: 373 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-04-22
Last full system update: 2024-04-23
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

[FGD]

Hello, it would be important to post your garuda-inxi info, we have no idea of the basics you run, like which DE, etc.

It would also be important to provide all the detailed steps you followed to try to change your directory icon, so we can better point at how to revert and how to do properly what you intended to do in the 1st place.

[andy95]

Just did. Didn’t think this was relevant for this particular issue

[FGD]

No worries.
So on Plasma 6. Excellent choice!

And what did you do to end up changing all folder icons instead of just one?

To change the icon of only one folder, you right-click and select PROPERTIES.
Then you click on the folder icon and search for whichever one you want to associate, click on it and select OK and you’re done.

[andy95]

That is exactly what I was trying to do. Just rcloned a onedrive and I wanted to change that dir icon into a ms-onedrive one. And now every directory on my system is a onedrive cloud for some reason. I genuinely have no idea how I ended up here.

[FGD]

@andy95

That is exactly what I was trying to do.

Ok, the result you experience is extremely bad, the number of times I have used that procedure in the past decade+ and it always worked fine.

To revert, do the same on that oneDrive folder and select icon inode-directory, located under Places.

One thing you could try is clear your icon cache and then reboot.

rm ~/.cache/icon-cache.kcache

[andy95]

The change button on the right of Open with. If you change the icon in that menu, you are changing as a pattern. I reverted it and it worked.