# Ignition File Brower Default Location

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-brower-default-location/112599>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-brower-default-location/112599 "2025-12-03T19:16:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![parker.hedrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@parker.hedrick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/parker.hedrick)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-brower-default-location/112599/1 "2025-12-03T19:16:50Z")

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Hi,

Having an issue with the file browser in ignition (when adding pictures, looking for a file to import, etc) defaulting to a network location that freezes my designer, forcing me to close and reopen. Is there any way I can prevent it from opening to the last location I was in? I mistakenly opened that network folder once and now I can’t navigate anywhere else…

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-brower-default-location/112599/2 "2025-12-03T19:26:20Z")

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You could try deleting the .prefs and .layout files at the root of the `.ignition/` cache folder, which by default is located in your user profile directory (different per OS).

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**Author:** ![parker.hedrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@parker.hedrick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/parker.hedrick)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-file-brower-default-location/112599/3 "2025-12-03T20:17:41Z")

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Update: tried deleting the .pref and .layout files which unfortunately did not do the trick. Managed to get it to allow me to flip to a different folder by turning my WiFi off so that the network folder was unavailable. Thanks!