is a global symbol that can be queried for the factory‐default front end option values.


$DefaultFrontEnd
is a global symbol that can be queried for the factory‐default front end option values.
Details

- You can use Options or CurrentValue on $DefaultFrontEnd to read default settings for global options.
- Options set for $FrontEnd override options set for $DefaultFrontEnd.
See Also
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History
Text
Wolfram Research (2020), $DefaultFrontEnd, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultFrontEnd.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2020. "$DefaultFrontEnd." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultFrontEnd.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2020). $DefaultFrontEnd. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultFrontEnd.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$defaultfrontend, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$DefaultFrontEnd}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultFrontEnd.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$defaultfrontend, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$DefaultFrontEnd}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultFrontEnd.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}