Directories used by the IDE to store settings, caches, plugins and logs-Idea安装路径

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>

Sample paths for different products

• IntelliJ IDEA 14 Ultimate Edition:

c:\Users\John\.IntelliJIdea14\

• IntelliJ IDEA 14 Community Edition:

c:\Users\John\.IdeaIC14\

• PhpStorm 2016.1:

c:\Users\John\.PhpStorm2016.1\

• WebStorm 11.0:

c:\Users\John\.WebStorm11\

• RubyMine 7.1:

c:\Users\John\.RubyMine71\

• PyCharm 4.5:

c:\Users\John\.PyCharm45\

Sub-directories

Under this directory you'll find the following sub-directories

• config: configuration (idea.config.path)
• config\plugins: plugins (idea.plugins.path)
• system: caches, local history, etc (idea.system.path)
• system\log: logs and thread dumps (idea.log.path)

You can find more details about what is stored in each folder in the Project and IDE Settings documentation section.

 

 

Linux and other Unix systems

Product directory starting with dot can be found in your user home directory, the pattern is:

 ~/.<PRODUCT><VERSION>

~ is an alias for the home directory, for example /home/john.

 

Mac OS X

• Configuration (idea.config.path):

~/Library/Preferences/<PRODUCT><VERSION>

• Caches (idea.system.path):

~/Library/Caches/<PRODUCT><VERSION>

• Plugins (idea.plugins.path):

~/Library/Application Support/<PRODUCT><VERSION>

• Logs (idea.log.path):

~/Library/Logs/<PRODUCT><VERSION>

 

PRODUCT would be one of the following:

• IntelliJIdea (IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition)
• IdeaIC (IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition)
• RubyMine
• WebIde (PhpStorm versions before 2016.1 and WebStorm before 7.0 use this common directory)
• PhpStorm (PhpStorm starting from 2016.1 version)
• WebStorm (WebStorm starting from 7.0 version)
• PyCharm
• AppCode
• CLion
• DataGrip
• AndroidStudio
• Rider