Where does Qt Creator save its settings?

Question

I would like to locate the folder where Qt Creator saves all its settings (text editor preferences, syntax highlighting, etc.) so that I can back them up. Does anybody know where they are?

Answer 1

See QtCreator Quick Tour.

Qt Creator creates the following files and directories:

QtCreator.db
QtCreator.ini
qtversion.xml
toolChains.xml
qtcreator
qtc-debugging-helper
qtc-qmldump

The location depends on the platform. On Linux and other Unix platforms, the files are located in ~/.config/QtProject and ~/.local/share/data/QtProject/qtcreator.

On Mac OS, the files are located in ~/.config/QtProject and ~/Library/Application Support/QtProject/Qt Creator.

On Windows in general, the files are located in %APPDATA%QtProject and %LOCALAPPDATA%QtProject. Yes, you can use these paths in Explorer and in various command line shells. The environment variables (between the %-signs) are expanded automatically. If you need the concrete paths, see below.

On Windows 10, 8, Vista and 7, the files are located in <drive>:Users<username>AppDataRoamingQtProject and <drive>:Users<username>AppDataLocalQtProject.

On Windows XP, the files are located in <drive>:Documents and Settings<username>Application DataQtProject and <drive>:Documents and Settings<username>Local SettingsApplication DataQtProject.