Change .androidstudio2.1 folder path

Question

I searched alot to change the path of .androidstudio2.1 I searched for it, and the internet suggested me to change the settings in idea.properties and that is my idea.properties file :

idea.config.path=D:/Android/.AndroidStudio2.1/config
idea.config.pathh=D:/Android/.AndroidStudio2.1/system

and i moved .AndroidStudio2.1 to D:/Android I started Android Studio and it told me I should import settings to complete the installation. and it recreated .AndroidStudio2.1 again in C

i found this link but i didnot understand what should i do :) http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/configuration

what you want exactly do you want to change studio path or samething else [see here],(http://www.littlecpu.com/android-studio-c-drive); — Amit Basliyal, Jul 02 '16 at 11:51
@AmitBasliyal i want to change the path of that folder .AndroidStudio2.1 and this is itis real path C:\Users\Dell — Mostafa Abobakr, Jul 02 '16 at 11:56
@AmitBasliyal Hello about that link http://www.littlecpu.com/android-studio-c-drive i make all the setps and all the steps is ok but the last step (Cache Folder) is not working on version 2.1 — Mostafa Abobakr, Jul 02 '16 at 12:01
http://www.laurivan.com/android-studio-change-the-location-of-androidstudiobeta/ ope link and their is link — Amit Basliyal, Jul 02 '16 at 12:29
@AmitBasliyal sorry what is ${user.home} how can i put it in this two idea.config.path=D:/Android/.AndroidStudio2.1/config idea.config.pathh=D:/Android/.AndroidStudio2.1/system — Mostafa Abobakr, Jul 02 '16 at 13:15
Possible duplicate of [Is it possible to allocate these folders in another place?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32759785/is-it-possible-to-allocate-these-folders-in-another-place) — Francisco Romero, Jan 03 '17 at 23:00

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '16 at 04:36

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Cache Folder :

Our last step is to move presumably cache folder for AS. This involves editing a text file of AS to tell AS to refer to custom location for cache folder.

Close AS if any.
Move .AndroidStudio to destination drive (e.g. D:\Android)
Go to the folder where AS is installed (e.g. C:\Program Files\Android Studio).
Go to bin directory and edit idea.propertis file using your favourite text editor.
Uncomment and edit the following two lines. Point them to new location:

idea.config.path idea.system.path

Re-launch AS again. Make sure .android, .AndroidStudio and .gradle folders are not re-created at C drive. Happy coding.

See here

answered Aug 01 '16 at 04:36

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I have did those steps, and for the most part, it seems to work and Android Studio loads the ".AndroidStudio" folder from the location I set in "idea.properties" correctly. Except that it also recreates an empty ".AndroidStudio/system" folder and subfolder at each launch.Is there a solution to this problem? Thank you. – Achraf Almouloudi Aug 17 '16 at 16:40
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.AndroidStudio is still recreated, I'm using AS3.0 – Beeing Jk Jun 20 '18 at 07:06

ir-tech · Answer 2 · 2016-11-08T16:51:29.790

If you want the .AndroidStudio2.1 folder created inside the Android Studio IDE location:

Use ${idea.home.path} macro to specify location relative to IDE installation home

#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Uncomment this option if you want to customize path to IDE config folder. Make sure you're using forward slashes.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
idea.config.path=${idea.home.path}/.AndroidStudio2.1/config

#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Uncomment this option if you want to customize path to IDE system folder. Make sure you're using forward slashes.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
idea.system.path=${idea.home.path}/.AndroidStudio2.1/system

Change .androidstudio2.1 folder path

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