Directories Used by PyCharm to Store Settings, Caches, Plugins and Logs
Location of the IDE files depends on the operating system, and PyCharm version.
In this section:
Windows
All the files are located under this directory by default:
<SYSTEM DRIVE>\Users\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION>
<SYSTEM DRIVE>\Documents and Settings\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION>
Example
Refer to the page Project and IDE Settings.
Linux and the other UNIX systems
Product directory starting with dot can be found in the user home directory. The pattern is:
~/.<PRODUCT><VERSION>
~ is an alias for the home directory, for example /home/john
.
macOS
- Configuration
~/Library/Preferences/<PRODUCT><VERSION>
- Caches
~/Library/Caches/<PRODUCT><VERSION>
- Plugins
~/Library/Application Support/<PRODUCT><VERSION>
- Logs
~/Library/Logs/<PRODUCT><VERSION>
where <PRODUCT> is PyCharm.
See Also
Reference:
Last modified: 26 July 2017