Where Does Godot Store Project Data and Settings?
Godot user data and editor settings folders on Windows, macOS and Linux, following each platform's app data convention.
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Godot stores per-project user data (saves, settings) in an app_userdata folder named after your project. Editor-wide settings live one level up.
Each OS uses its own convention, which is why the same project saves to three different-looking places. The project name is part of the path on all of them.
Where Godot stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\[ProjectName]
Per-project folders sit in app_userdata under this root. Editor settings (editor_settings-4.toml) live directly in the godot folder.
~/Library/Application Support/Godot/app_userdata/[ProjectName]
Same app_userdata layout. Use Go to Folder in Finder to reach it.
~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/[ProjectName]
Follows the XDG data home convention. Editor settings file sits in ~/.config/godot.
Frequently asked questions
How does my game find its own save folder?
Call OS.get_user_data_dir() in game code. It returns exactly the per-project path below, so you never need to hardcode it.
I renamed my project and my saves vanished. Why?
The folder name is your project name. Renaming the project orphans the old folder, so move its contents across if you rename.
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