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

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

 

Windows

All the files are located under this directory by default:

• Windows Vista, 7, 8:

<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 12 Ultimate Edition:

c:\Users\John\.IntelliJIdea12\

• IntelliJ IDEA 12 Community Edition:

c:\Users\John\.IdeaIC12\

• WebStorm 6 and PhpStorm 6 (note that the same directory is used):

c:\Users\John\.WebIde60\

• RubyMine 5:

c:\Users\John\.RubyMine50\

• PyCharm 2.7:

c:\Users\John\.PyCharm20\

 

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)

Linux and other Unix sytems

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:

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

• Caches:

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

• Plugins:

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

• Logs:

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

PRODUCT would be one of the following:

• IntelliJIdea (IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition)
• IdeaIC (IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition)
• RubyMine
• WebIde (WebStrom and PhpStorm use this common directory)
• PyCharm