Home lab users, media server owners, and anyone comfortable with file-level management. Not for: Those wanting a consumer-grade "reset button" or who are unwilling to read documentation. If you’re resetting because of persistent issues, first try the “Soft Reset” method – you’ll likely be back up in 15 minutes with a clean, fast system and all your drives still intact.
Deleting the config/plugins and config/docker folders instantly removes all plugin configurations, returning the webUI to a stock state while keeping array assignments. unraid reset
You can manually edit config/disk.cfg or config/share.cfg to reset specific settings without a full reinstall. Home lab users, media server owners, and anyone
If you perform a hard reset without backing up config/super.dat , you’ll have to re-assign all your disks manually – a tedious process for large arrays. Unraid does warn you, but many miss it. Unraid does warn you, but many miss it