Claude Code

Where Claude Code keeps its logs

Claude Code logs to %USERPROFILE%\.claude\projects\ on Windows.

Claude Code logs to ~/.claude/projects/ on macOS.

Claude Code logs to ~/.claude/projects/ on Linux.

Paths are printed exactly as Claude Code writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.

Finding your way around Windows, macOS and Linux.