How do I recovery my settings for IBKR Desktop?

The Layout Settings section allows you to restore trading pages and tickers you had set up on a previous day. You can elect to restore the entire settings file, which includes all trading pages and their tickers.

To restore your settings for IBKR Desktop:

  1. Select Help then choose Layout Settings followed by Layout/Settings Recovery.
  2. Click on the file date you want to use to replace the current set of pages and tickers then choose  Select custom File
  3. Or choose Restore Default Settings
  4. Then select Recover Settings.
  5. A pop-up will appear advising that the application will restart. Click Yes to proceed.
  6. The application will restart with the custom file or default settings.

Note

  • Be sure to save the settings after the recovery.

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