How to restart a Duolingo course
To restart a course on Duolingo, open the app or website, go to your profile, find the course you want to restart, and select the option to reset your progress. The exact steps differ slightly between the mobile app and the web version, but both let you wipe your current progress and start from lesson one again. Restarting erases all your completed lessons, points, and streak in that course — the app will ask you to confirm before it deletes anything.
Restarting is useful if you want to review the fundamentals, if you stopped partway through and want a fresh start, or if you're unhappy with how you learned the material the first time. You keep your overall Duolingo account and your progress in other courses; restarting affects only the single course you choose.
Key Takeaways
- Restarting a course deletes all your progress in that course, including completed lessons and points, but does not affect other courses or your account.
- On the mobile app, go to your profile, tap the course, and look for a settings or reset option in the course menu.
- On the web version, click your profile picture, select the course, and find the reset option in the course settings.
- Duolingo will ask you to confirm before erasing your progress, so you cannot restart by accident.
- You can restart the same course as many times as you want, and restarting does not cost money or require a subscription change.
Restarting on the Duolingo mobile app
Open the Duolingo app and tap your profile icon in the bottom right corner. Scroll down to find the course you want to restart under "Learning languages" or a similar heading. Tap the course name or the three-dot menu next to it.
Look for an option labeled "Reset course," "Start over," or "Restart." Tap it. Duolingo will show a warning that says restarting will delete all your progress in that course. Read the warning, then tap the button to confirm. Your progress in that course is now gone, and the next time you open the course, you will start at lesson one.
The exact wording and menu location can shift between app updates, so if you do not see a reset option when ready, try tapping the three-dot menu icon or looking in course settings. If you still cannot find it, try the web version instead — the option is usually more visible there.
Restarting on the Duolingo website
Go to duolingo.com and log in. Click your profile picture in the top right corner and select "Profile" or "Settings." Look for a list of your active courses.
Find the course you want to restart and click on it. You should see a course overview page with your progress, streak, and other details. Look for a settings icon (usually a gear or three dots) on this page. Click it and select "Reset course" or "Start over." Duolingo will ask you to confirm. Click the confirmation button, and your progress in that course will be erased.
The web version tends to make the reset option easier to find than the app does. If you are having trouble on mobile, logging into the website on your phone's browser is often faster.
What happens to your streak and points when you restart
Restarting a course resets your streak in that course to zero. If you had a 50-day streak in Spanish, restarting Spanish sets that streak back to one. Your overall Duolingo streak — the number of days you have done any lesson in any language — is not affected.
All points you earned in that course are also erased. If you were ranked high on your friends' leaderboard because of points in that course, your ranking will drop. Points in other courses stay the same.
Your Duolingo Plus subscription, if you have one, remains active. Restarting does not downgrade your account or change your subscription status.
Restarting does not affect other courses
When you restart one course, your progress in every other course stays exactly as it was. If you are learning Spanish, French, and German, and you restart Spanish, your French and German lessons, streaks, and points do not change.
You can restart multiple courses if you want, but you have to do each one separately. There is no option to reset all your courses at once.
When to restart versus when to continue
Restarting makes sense if you stopped a course for a long time and want to rebuild your foundation, or if you felt you were rushing through lessons without really learning. It also helps if you want to redo a course you completed but did not feel confident in.
If you are still making progress and learning, continuing forward is usually better than restarting. Duolingo's algorithm is designed to review old material as you move forward, so you will see earlier lessons again even without restarting. Restarting only makes sense if you genuinely want to slow down and go through the course again from the beginning.
If you just want to review a specific lesson or skill you struggled with, you do not need to restart the whole course. You can tap any completed lesson in your course tree and redo it without erasing your progress.
Troubleshooting: you cannot find the restart option
If the reset option is not showing up on the mobile app, try logging into the web version instead. The web interface is more stable and the option is usually easier to locate there.
Make sure you are looking at the course itself, not just the home screen. You have to tap into the specific course to see its settings. If you see only a "Continue" button, tap it to enter the course, then look for settings from inside the course view.
If you still cannot find the option after checking both the app and the web version, try logging out and logging back in. Sometimes a fresh login makes menu options appear. You can also try uninstalling and reinstalling the app if you are on mobile, though this is rarely necessary.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I undo a restart after I have already done it?
No. Once you confirm the restart, Duolingo deletes your progress permanently. There is no undo button. If you restart by accident, you will have to redo the lessons to get back to where you were. This is why Duolingo asks you to confirm before erasing anything.
Do I lose my Duolingo Plus subscription if I restart a course?
No. Restarting a course does not change your subscription status or cancel any paid features. Your Plus membership stays active across all your courses.
What if I restart a course and then want to skip ahead to where I was before?
Duolingo does not have a built-in skip feature that lets you jump ahead multiple lessons at once. You will have to redo the lessons one by one. However, you can move through them quickly by spending just a few seconds on each one if you remember the material.
Can I restart a course on one device and have it restart on all my devices?
Yes. Duolingo syncs your progress across all devices tied to your account. If you restart a course on your phone, the restart will show up on your computer and any other device you use, usually within a few minutes.
Does restarting a course affect my daily streak?
Restarting a course resets your streak in that specific course to zero, but it does not affect your overall Duolingo streak. Your overall streak counts any lesson you do in any language, so as long as you do a lesson in another course or language, your overall streak stays alive.