Directories Used by IntelliJ IDEA to Store Settings, Caches, Plugins and Logs

Location of the IDE files depends on the operating system, and IntelliJ IDEA version.

On this page:

• Windows
• Linux and the other UNIX systems
• macOS

Windows

All the files are located under this directory by default:

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10

<SYSTEM DRIVE>\Users\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Windows XP

<SYSTEM DRIVE>\Documents and Settings\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Example

• IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1 Ultimate Edition:
  

  c:\Users\John\.IntelliJIdea2016.1\
                  

• IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1 Community Edition

  c:\Users\John\.IdeaIC2016.1\
                      

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 IntelliJIDEA (IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition), IdeaIC (IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition).