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When you sign in to Visual Studio on multiple computers using the same personalization account, your settings can be synchronized across the computers.
Synchronized settings
By default, the following settings are synchronized:
Development settings. You select a collection of settings the first time you open Visual Studio, but you can change the selection anytime. For more information, see Environment settings.
User-defined command aliases. For more information about how to define command aliases, see Visual Studio command aliases.
User-defined window layouts in Window > Manage Window Layouts page.
The following options in the Tools > Options pages:
Theme and menu bar casing settings on the Environment > General options page.
All settings on the Environment > Fonts and Colors options page.
All keyboard shortcuts on the Environment > Keyboard options page.
All settings on the Environment > Tabs and Windows options page.
All settings on the Environment > StartUp options page.
All settings on the Text Editor options pages, for example, code style preferences.
All settings on the XAML Designer options pages.
Turn off synchronized settings on a particular computer
Synchronize settings across Visual Studio IDE products and editions
Settings are synchronized across versions and editions of Visual Studio installed side-by-side. Settings are also synchronized across Visual Studio IDE products, including Blend for Visual Studio. However, an individual Visual Studio IDE product might have its own settings that aren't shared with Visual Studio. For example, settings specific to Blend for Visual Studio on computer "A" are not shared with Visual Studio on computers "A" or "B".
Side-by-side synchronized settings
Certain settings like tool window layout aren't shared between different side-by-side installations of Visual Studio. For example, the CurrentSettings.vssettings file in %userprofile%\Documents\Visual Studio 2019\Settings is in an installation-specific folder that is similar to %localappdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\16.0_xxxxxxxx\Settings.
Reset synchronized settings
To reset all settings to their defaults, sign in to Visual Studio, and then select Tools > Import and Export Settings to open the Import and Export Settings Wizard. Select Reset all settings and then follow the remaining steps of the wizard.