This tutorial will show you how to quickly reset all closed caption style settings back to default for your account in Windows 11.
Live captions will help everyone, including people who are deaf or hard of hearing, better understand audio by viewing captions of spoken content. Captions are automatically generated on-device from any content with audio. Captions can be displayed at the top or bottom of the screen, or in a floating window. The caption window can be resized, and caption appearance can be personalized by applying or customizing a caption style. Microphone audio can be included, which can be helpful during in-person conversations.
Windows lets you customize things like the font, color, size, opacity, and background of closed captions.
If needed, you can use an option in this tutorial to quickly delete all custom closed caption styles and reset all caption style settings back to default all at once instead of manually.
Contents
- Option One: Reset Closed Caption Style to Default using Command
- Option Two: Reset Closed Caption Style to Default using REG file
EXAMPLE: Default closed caption style settings
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.
2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ClosedCaptioning /f3 You can now close Windows Terminal if you like.
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.[/INDENT]
Reset_Closed_Caption_style_settings_to_default.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ClosedCaptioning]2 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
3 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
4 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
5 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
6 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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