Where are the Affinity V2 apps resources and preference files located?

[Dan C]

Affinity Photo, Designer & Publisher V2 apps now use a shared location for your saved resources, including;

Object Styles, Text Styles, Fills, Brushes, Tool Presets, Grid Presets, Assets & Document Presets.

These can be found in the following locations -

Windows (2.1 onwards):

• Affinity Store (MSIX) & Windows Store:
  • %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Common\2.0\user\
     
• Affinity Store (EXE) :
  • %appdata%\Affinity\Common\2.0\user\

macOS:

~/Library/Group Containers/6LVTQB9699.com.seriflabs/v2/user/
~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Designer 2/user/
~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Photo 2/user/
~/Library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher 2/user/

 

Preferences for the Affinity apps are found in separate folders for each application, and vary depending on the installation method of the Affinity app or the OS version.

These can be found in the following locations -

Windows (2.1 onwards):

• Affinity Store (MSIX) & Windows Store:
  • Photo - 
    %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Photo\2.0\Settings\
  • Designer - 
    %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Designer\2.0\Settings\
  • Publisher - 
    %USERPROFILE%\.affinity\Publisher\2.0\Settings\
     
• Affinity Store (EXE) :
  • Photo - 
     %appdata%\Affinity\Photo\2.0\Settings\
  • Designer - 
     %appdata%\Affinity\Designer\2.0\Settings\
  • Publisher - 
     %appdata%\Affinity\Publisher\2.0\Settings\

macOS:

• Affinity Store (DMG):
  • Photo -
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinityphoto2.plist
  • Designer -
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner2.plist
  • Publisher -
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher2.plist
     
• Mac App Store (macOS Catalina 10.15):
  • Affinity Photo -
    ~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinityphoto2/Data/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinityphoto2.plist
  • Affinity Designer -
    ~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner2/Data/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner2.plist
  • Affinity Publisher -
    ~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher2/Data/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher2.plist
     
• Mac App Store (macOS Big Sur 11 & later):
  • Affinity Photo -
    ~/Library/Containers/Affinity Photo 2/Data/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinityphoto2.plist
  • Affinity Designer -
    ~/Library/Containers/Affinity Designer 2/Data/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner2.plist
  • Affinity Publisher -
    ~/Library/Containers/Affinity Publisher 2/Data/Library/Preferences/com.seriflabs.affinitypublisher2.plist