Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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RedneckStyles
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Complete screen zoomed in.

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I didn't find solutions for Mate edition, please help me.
My screen is zoomed in. :cry:
OS: Linux Mint 20.2 x86_64 Mate Edition
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RedneckStyles
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Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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Help please.
OS: Linux Mint 20.2 x86_64 MATE edition
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Re: Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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system>preferences>hardware>displays
What your screen resolution set to?
Try changing the screen resolution.
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Re: Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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1. Where is system > preferences in MINT?
2. Resolution is set to 1366x768 and changing it is making it worse.
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Re: Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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Are you talking a Desktop computer with a separate monitor or a laptop? Which desktop and which menu are you using? You need to give more information.
I use Mate and the classic menu and it is just as I indicated. If nothing else just add the classic menu to your panel, you can always delete it later. There should be multiple settings (40+) you can try and either keep or revert to your original setting. I keep mine at 1360x768, which isn't very different from your setting but I like my screen a bit larger than most defaults (I am older with glasses). Have you checked your BIOS to see if there is any display setting there? Otherwise you need help from someone else with more expertise than I have.
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Re: Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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No one can say what's going on without some useful system info. Copy/paste the text output of inxi -Fxxxrz run in the terminal.
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Re: Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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Welcome to the Mint forums Redneck...

In addition to what Hoser Rob asked, What did you do the zooming in with ?
Mint 20.0, and 21.0 MATE on Thinkpads, 3 X T420, T450, T470, and X200
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Re: Complete OS is zoom in and can't zoom out.

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Thank you everyone for your answers, It turned out that I had set User Interface Scaling to double(HiDPI) by mistake.
But is there any shortcut key for it because I don't remember changing it from the settings.
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