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https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519

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

Examples for IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3:

Windows:

  • Configuration (idea.config.path): %APPDATA%\JetBrains\IntelliJIdea2020.3
  • Plugins (idea.plugins.path): %APPDATA%\JetBrains\IntelliJIdea2020.3\plugins
  • System (idea.system.path): %LOCALAPPDATA%\JetBrains\IntelliJIdea2020.3
  • Logs (idea.log.path): %LOCALAPPDATA%\JetBrains\IntelliJIdea2020.3\log

macOS:

  • Configuration (idea.config.path): ~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3
  • Plugins (idea.plugins.path): ~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3/plugins
  • System (idea.system.path): ~/Library/Caches/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3
  • Logs (idea.log.path): ~/Library/Logs/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3

Linux:

  • Configuration (idea.config.path): ~/.config/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3
  • Plugins (idea.plugins.path): ~/.local/share/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3
  • System (idea.system.path): ~/.cache/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3
  • Logs (idea.log.path): ~/.cache/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3/log

Should you need to change the defaults, refer to this document.

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
  • Rider

Android Studio folder locations can be found in this document.

 

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