Change Default settings in Sublime Text 3

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After installing sublime text 3 on Linux, I cannot seem to change the default settings, for example: ``` // Controls auto pairing of quotes, brackets etc "auto_match_enabled": true, ``` I can't replace true to false. The file appears to be read-only.

Accepted Answer

Sublime Text 3 does not allow you to change default settings in the `Settings - Default` file. This is because this file gets overwritten each time the program is upgraded, losing all of your settings. To change settings, choose `Preferences -> Settings - User`, create an empty object if the file has no contents:

```
{

}
```

and put your settings in it, with a comma after each one except the last (basically, it should be valid JSON):

```
{
    "auto_match_enabled": false
}
```

You can copy from the default file and paste into the user file.

Sublime Text applies settings from both your Default `.sublime-settings` files & User `.sublime-settings` files. However, any settings that exist in your `User` settings files will override those in the `Default` settings files.

This applies to both `Preferences.sublime-settings` and any plugin-specific `.sublime-settings` files.

Furthermore: project, syntax, and buffer specific settings will take precedence over a general purpose `.sublime-settings` file. For more information see SublimeText/Docs/Settings

Change Default settings in Sublime Text 3

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