[[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Advanced_manipulation_of_settings|Advanced Manipulation of Settings]] - you can manually editing the <code>gramps.ini</code> preferences configuration [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file ini file ] stored in the Gramps version sub-folder of the [[Gramps_{{Version manual}}_Wiki_Manual_-_User_Directory|user directory]].

However, this section store a negligible amount of information. Rather being Advanced manipulation, hacking this configuration file offers little value. The most common hack will be to delete the subsection entirely and allow Gramps to re-create it with default settings. The files in the user directory do not need SuperUser privileges to modify. However, restrictions related to multi-user permissions will apply.  Initially, the preferences section related to Genealogical symbols might be are in a section labeled '''[utf8]''' (which stands for 8-bit Unicode Transformation Format) and it is created with commented out lines: