Where Does Clip Studio Paint Store User Data?
Clip Studio Paint CELSYS user data folder on Windows and macOS.
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Clip Studio Paint keeps brushes, materials, shortcuts and workspaces in a CELSYS user-data folder, relocated from Documents to Roaming on modern Windows builds. Losing it resets every custom tool at once.
Back up the folder before version upgrades and cloud restores. Custom brushes download again, but your tuned pen pressure never does.
Where Clip Studio Paint stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\CELSYSUserData\CELSYS
Current user-data location for 1.10.13 and later with materials and settings inside. Older installs used Documents\CELSYS instead. Close all Clip apps before copying. Cloud backup in Clip Studio restores the same tree.
~/Library/CELSYS
macOS user-data folder mirroring the Windows tree. Open through Finder Go to Folder with Option held. Same backup advice before upgrades.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move Clip Studio Paint data?
Use the official Move user data folder command rather than dragging files. Manual moves spawn a fresh default CELSYS folder.
Why did my Clip Studio brushes vanish?
The CELSYS folder above got renamed or moved, so the app built a fresh one. Restore the original name and location to recover tools.
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