The preference and support files for InDesign have similar locations. These files are primarily grouped into three locations, though there is data in additional locations as noted below.

• The Application folder: At the location of the application, or executable, are subfolders for presets and other support files. These subfolders are typically where the "canned" presets are located.
• The application "roaming data folder." This folder is intended for "normal" preference data that you would want to roam from machine to machine in a roaming profile environment.
  
• The application "local cached data folder." This folder is designed for large data caches that you don't want to roam from machine to machine in a roaming profiles environment on Windows. It is also for data that can easily be regenerated if deleted.
  

Mac OS X

Application "Roaming Data Folder"

• /Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version #

Application "local cached data folder"

• /Users/[User Name]/Library/Caches/Adobe InDesign/Version [#]

Windows

Windows 10

Roaming Data Folder:

• %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\

Local Cached Data Folder:

• %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\

Windows 8/Windows 7/Windows Vista

Roaming Data Folder:

• C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#]

Local Cached Data Folder:

• C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Adobe\InDesign\Version [#]\en_US\Cache

Delete InDesign preferences with shortcuts

You can delete the replaceable InDesign SaveData and InDesign Defaults files by holding down the following keys while InDesign is launching:

• Windows: Shift+Ctrl+Alt
• Mac OS: Shift+Control+Option+Command

InDesign version and preferences version number

• InDesign CS3         Version 5.0
• InDesign CS4         Version 6.0
• InDesign CS5         Version 7.0
• InDesign CS5.5      Version 7.5
• InDesign CS6         Version 8.0
• InDesign CC           Version 9.x
• InDesign 2020       Version 15.x
• InDesign 2021        Version 16.x

Additional information

Here is a brief description of what is stored in different locations:

Local Cached Data folder

• InDesign Recovery folder (+data)
• Scripting Support folder
• FindChangeData
• FindChangeDataTmp
• FontMask
• Cacheidletask log
• InDesign ClipboardScrap
• InDesign DragDropScrap
• InDesign SavedData

Roaming Data folder

• Color Settings
• Composite Fonts
• Find-Change Queries
• InDesign Defaults
• InDesign Scripts folder
• Workspaces folder
• Menu Sets folder