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Sometimes, the unity panel just stops working, meaning I can't access any menus for the programs I'm running. I know I can probably log in/out but that really puts an uncomfortable hickup in my work flow.

How can I restart unity-panel when it stops working?

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To restart unity-panel-service, just run the following command in terminal:

kill $(pgrep unity-panel-ser)

Like this, the old process of unity-panel-service will be killed and a new one will start automatically (so you don't have to care to start yourself again).

Radu Rădeanu
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    kill -9 $(pgrep unity-panel-ser) only works for me – freemanoid Nov 11 '13 at 15:09
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    After kill -9 $(pgrep unity-panel-ser) I also had to run compiz --replace – Phil Oct 20 '14 at 15:10
  • This command severely messed up my GUI, and compiz --replace did not help. compiz did, but does not terminate, so now I dare not close the terminal... – dremodaris Jul 26 '18 at 10:28
  • kill $(pgrep unity-panel-ser) kills it. But it never comes back. And unity-panel-service: command not found. How to start it back? – s.k Jan 31 '21 at 15:31