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title: Restoring customized messages to defaults
description: Remove current localization files to restore customized messages to defaults.
component: pingid
page_id: pingid:pingid_service_management:pid_restoring_customized_messages_defaults
canonical_url: http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingid/pingid_service_management/pid_restoring_customized_messages_defaults.html
revdate: June 10, 2026
section_ids:
  steps: Steps
  result: Result:
  result-2: Result:
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# Restoring customized messages to defaults

Remove current localization files to restore customized messages to defaults.

To restore customized messages to defaults:

## Steps

1. Click **Remove** to restore the message texts to the original default text for all locales.

   ![A screen capture of the Localization window and options to download.](_images/etz1586262491246.png)

   ### Result:

   A list of the **Languages Removed** displays.

   * Languages Removed

     A list of the language locales whose messages restore to the default messages with this update.

2. Click **Save**.

   ### Result:

   A confirmation modal warns that the removal of the customized localization file will restore the enrollment message text to the PingID default messages.

   ![A screen capture of the confirmation modal message asking you to confirm your request to remove languages.](_images/kkj1586262868872.png)

3. Click **Confirm**.

   |   |                                                       |
   | - | ----------------------------------------------------- |
   |   | Click **Cancel** to abandon the **Remove** operation. |