Where Does Sublime Text Store Packages and Settings?
Sublime Text Data directory with Packages and User settings on Windows, macOS and Linux.
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Nearly everything interesting in Sublime Text lives under the Data directory: Packages, settings, snippets and session files. Your personal area is Packages, then User.
Open it from inside the app via Preferences, Browse Packages. That beats memorizing per OS paths, which also shift between major versions.
Where Sublime Text stores this, by platform
%APPDATA%\Sublime Text\Packages\User
Folder name tracks the major version on older installs (Sublime Text 3). Portable builds keep a Data folder next to the exe instead.
~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text/Packages/User
In Finder use Go > Go to Folder. Settings are .sublime-settings JSON files; platform variants carry the OS name.
~/.config/sublime-text/Packages/User
Same Packages/User layout. Unhide dotfiles (Ctrl+H) if the file manager hides .config.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I put a custom build system?
In Packages/User as a .sublime-build file. It appears under Tools, Build System immediately, no restart needed.
How do I migrate Sublime Text to a new machine?
Copy the whole Data directory (or at least Packages/User plus Installed Packages). Package Control reinstalls the rest on launch.
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