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.
- /Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version #
Preference files saved into this location include the following:
- Color Settings
- Composite Fonts
- Find-Change Queries
- InDesign Defaults
- Scripts
- Workspaces
Preference files saved into this location include the following:
- Color Settings
- Composite Fonts
- Find-Change Queries
- InDesign Defaults
- Scripts
- Workspaces
Preference files saved into this location include the following:
- Color Settings
- Composite Fonts
- Find-Change Queries
- InDesign Defaults
- Scripts
- Workspaces
Preference files saved into this location include the following:
- Color Settings
- Composite Fonts
- Find-Change Queries
- InDesign Defaults
- Scripts
- Workspaces
Preference files saved into this location include the following:
- Color Settings
- Composite Fonts
- Find-Change Queries
- InDesign Defaults
- Scripts
- Workspaces
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
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 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
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