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Romain Linsolas
Romain Linsolas

Reputation: 81667

IntelliJ configuration directory

Is there a way to configure the directory where all the configuration files are stored by IntelliJ IDEA (version 8.0.1)?

By default, these files are stored in %home%\.IntelliJIdea80... (or .IdeaIC12 etc.), but I want to define another location...

Upvotes: 22

Views: 27993

Answers (2)

catch32
catch32

Reputation: 18612

Locations can be changed by editing the following file:

IDE_HOME\bin\idea.properties

Follow the comments in idea.properties file to change the defaults, make sure to un-comment the lines defining these properties:

  • idea.config.path
  • idea.system.path
  • idea.plugins.path
  • idea.log.path

Common cases when you may need to change the default locations of the IDE files:

  • user profile drive runs out of space
  • disk is slow and you want to use faster HDD or SSD for caches
  • default user profile points to the UNC path unsupported by the IDE
  • home directory is on a network drive user profile directory is not detected correctly
  • you want to create a portable installation on a USB stick
  • home directory is encrypted and slows down the IDE or causes caches corruption
  • caches should be excluded from the home directory
  • backup antivirus or search indexer is scanning the home directory affecting IDE performance

Upvotes: 2

krosenvold
krosenvold

Reputation: 77231

You can change this in you %idea installation directory%\bin\idea.properties. Edit this in-place or copy the whole file to your %home% directory to keep the setting across different versions of idea.

Upvotes: 34

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