I just found that this is easier to do if you’re using Android Studio.

Note that I found this tip on Safari Books Online, though there was a little more to delete than that tip described. I moved into that directory and found several “.img” files, deleted them, and then restarted the emulator, and it went back to its default settings.īefore this I was having a problem with the emulator/AVD, and I wanted to see if I could avoid deleting it and re-creating it, and this approach seems to work. The image file will be found in your $HOME/.android/avd/.avd folder.įor example, I was just working with an AVD named Nexus_6_API_21, and its directory on my Mac OS X system is /Users/al/.android/avd/Nexus_6_API_21.avd. To restore an Android emulator to its initial, default settings, you need to find its “image” file on your filesystem and delete it.