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title: IDE Development Instances - Settings, Caches, Logs, and Plugins
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A JetBrains feature for developing plugins is to run or debug a plugin project from within a JetBrains IDE, e.g. IntelliJ IDEA.
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[Selecting the **Run** menu](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/running-and-debugging-plugins.html) will launch
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a _Development Instance_ of the IDE with your plugin enabled.
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This page describes where the settings, caches, logs, and plugins are located for a Development Instance of the IDE.
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This information is stored in a different location than for the
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[installed IDE itself](https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544519-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs).
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Please review the documentation for the installed IDE to understand conventions about product names and versions.
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These conventions are used below.
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### Directory Locations for Development Instances of the IDE
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Development Instance configuration data is stored in the **Sandbox Home** directory defined in the IntelliJ Platform SDK
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for a plugin project. See [Specify the **Sandbox Home** directory](/basics/getting_started/setting_up_environment.md) for information about
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specifying a custom **Sandbox Home** location.
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The default **Sandbox Home** directory locations are:
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* **Windows:** `<User home>\.<product_system_name><product_version>\system\plugins-sandbox\`
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* **Linux:** `~/.<product_system_name><product_version>/system/plugins-sandbox/`
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* **Macos** `~/Library/Caches/<product_system_name><product_version>/plugins-sandbox/`
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Within those directories are folders pertaining to the Development Instance:
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* `config` contains settings for the IDE instance.
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* `plugins` contains folders for each plugin being run in the IDE instance.
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* `system/caches or system\caches` holds the IDE instance data.
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* `system/log or system\log` contains the `idea.log` file for the IDE instance.
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Each of these **Sandbox Home** subdirectories can be manually cleared to reset the IDE Development Instance.
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At the next launch of a Development Instance the subdirectories will be repopulated with the appropriate information.
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