Directories used by the IDE | IntelliJ IDEA
www.jetbrains.com › help › ideaNov 08, 2021 · By default, IntelliJ IDEA stores user-specific files for each IDE instance (configuration, caches, plugins, logs, and so on) in the user's home directory. However, you can change the location for storing those files, if necessary. The default location of the IDE directories has changed starting from IntelliJ IDEA version 2020.1.