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<intro>
<p>Location of the IDE files depends on the operating system, and %product% version.</p>
<p>In this section:</p>
<tag-list of="chapter" title-source="title"/>
</intro>
</header>
<content>
<chapter title="Windows">
<p>All the files are located under this directory by default:</p>
<p>Windows Vista, 7, 8</p>
<code style="block">
&lt;SYSTEM DRIVE&gt;\Users\&lt;USER ACCOUNT NAME&gt;\.&lt;PRODUCT&gt;&lt;VERSION&gt;
</code>
<p>Windows XP</p>
<code style="block">
&lt;SYSTEM DRIVE&gt;\Documents and Settings\&lt;USER ACCOUNT NAME&gt;\.&lt;PRODUCT>&lt;VERSION&gt;
</code>
<h3>Example</h3>
<list>
<li for="ij">IntelliJ IDEA 13 Ultimate Edition:<br/>
<code style="block">
c:\Users\John\.IntelliJIdea13\
</code>
</li>
<li for="ij">IntelliJ IDEA 13 Community Edition
<code style="block">
c:\Users\John\.IdeaIC13\
</code>
</li>
<li for="ps,ws">WebStorm 7.0, PhpStorm 7.0
<code style="block">
c:\Users\John\.WebIde70\
</code>
</li>
<li for="rm">RubyMine 6.0
<code style="block">
c:\Users\John\.RubyMine60\
</code>
</li>
<li for="py">PyCharm 3.0
<code style="block">
c:\Users\John\.PyCharm30\
</code>
</li>
</list>
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<h3>Sub-directories</h3>
<p>Under this directory you'll find the following sub-directories:</p>
<list>
<li><b>config</b>: configuration (idea.config.path)</li>
<li><b>config\plugins</b>: plugins (idea.plugins.path)</li>
<li><b>system</b>: caches, local history, etc (idea.system.path)</li>
<li><b>system\log</b>: logs and thread dumps (idea.log.path)</li>
</list>
-->
<p>Refer to the page <a href="topicId47">Project and IDE Settings</a>.</p>
</chapter>
<chapter title="Linux and the Other UNIX Systems" caps="aswritten">
<p>Product directory starting with dot can be found in the user home directory. The pattern is:</p>
<code style="block">
~/.&lt;PRODUCT&gt;&lt;VERSION&gt;
</code>
<p>~ is an alias for the home directory, for example <code style="inline">/home/john</code>.</p>
</chapter>
<chapter title="MacOS" caps="aswritten">
<list>
<li>
<b>Configuration</b><br/>
<code style="block">
~/Library/Preferences/&lt;PRODUCT&gt;&lt;VERSION&gt;
</code>
</li>
<li>
<b>Caches</b><br/>
<code style="block">
~/Library/Caches/&lt;PRODUCT&gt;&lt;VERSION&gt;
</code>
</li>
<li>
<b>Plugins</b><br/>
<code style="block">
~/Library/Application Support/&lt;PRODUCT&gt;&lt;VERSION&gt;
</code>
</li>
<li>
<b>Logs</b><br/>
<code style="block">
~/Library/Logs/&lt;PRODUCT&gt;&lt;VERSION&gt;
</code>
</li>
</list>
<p>where &lt;PRODUCT&gt; is <for id="rm,py,ij">%product%</for><for id="ij">(%product% Ultimate Edition),
IdeaIC (%product% Community Edition)</for><for id="ps,ws">WebIde (WebStrom and PhpStorm use this common directory)</for>. </p>
</chapter>
</content>
<seealso>
<category id="2">
<link>topicId47</link><!--project and ide settings-->
</category>
</seealso>
</topic>