The first time you start the IDE, it prompts you for a location for your workspace. All of your IDE projects are stored in this directory.
By default, the IDE offers to put your workspace in home_directory/ide-5.0-workspace on Linux, and C:\ide-5.0-workspace on Windows.
To store your workspace in another location:
For information about redirecting the IDE to reference a different workspace, see Specify a workspace location in the IDE Concepts chapter.