default, as in failing to meet an obligation, may refer to:

• Default (law)
• Default (finance)

default, as a result when no action is taken, may refer to:

• Default (computer science) — also contains consumer electronics usage
• Default logic

It may also refer to:

• Default (band), a Canadian post-grunge and alternative rock band
• defaults (software), a command line utility for plist (preference) files