How to Fix Cannot Reset Internet Explorer Settings in Windows 11

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Cannot Reset Internet Explorer Settings in Windows 11

In some cases, you want to reset Internet Explorer settings in Windows 11. But you cannot find that option in the Internet Options in Control Panel (inetcpl.cpl).

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In Windows 10, the option is available for resetting as below screenshot.

Microsoft has been removed that option from GUI in the recent releases of Windows 11. But you can access the option using command line.

The below command can be run by the Run box (Windows + R) or run in any command prompt (CMD, PowerShell, Terminal).

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ResetIEtoDefaults

As you can see, now you can reset Internet Explorer settings as usual.

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