Change Default Template in Inkscape for Windows 10

Recently, I’ve been doing some vector and animations, It’s for my new android app for the stock market. Every time I open Inkscape¹, it always greeted me with the default template. The next thing I do is change the document properties to the way I want, and it became a chore.

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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

— Pablo Picasso.

So, I searched the internet on how to basically set the default template to my liking.

Steps to change the default template

1. Create a new document and set its document properties which can be found on File > Document Properties.
2. It will show a simple dialog which is this.

4. In the dialog do what you like. Modify it based on what you want to see everytime you open Inkscape.
5. After that, do a File > Save As... and save it to your local user inkscape directory which will be in C:\Users\<your-user>\AppData\Roaming\Inkscape\template

6. Save it as default.svg. Then restart Inkscape for changes to take effect.

Enjoy that’s all. 🍂

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1. Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor used to create vector images, primarily in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. Other formats can be imported and exported. ↩︎