I would like to change IntelliJ IDEA's default project path. Right now it's set to ~/IdeaProjects. However, guides only tell me how to change the project directory on a per-project basis, and new projects will still go to ~/IdeaProjects by default. How can I change the default directory to something like ~/other-dir/IdeaProjects?

CodePudding user response：

The default path will be changed once you change it in the "New project" dialog:

Information about the changed location is stored in IDE configuration directory, options/recentProjects.xml file: