How to change the default working directory in RStudio

Question

I am trying to change the default working directory in RStudio (Version 1.4.1103) in mac ("Wax Begonia" (458706c3, 2021-01-06) for macOS). And I followed the instruction here ( How do you change the default directory in RStudio (or R)? ). After I change the directory under Tools | Global Options, however, the working directory stay the same even though I restarted RStudio. Is there anything else I could try.

Thank you!

Answer 1

You can set the working directory using setwd() . Inside of setwd() you need to provide the path to the folder you want to be your working directory, such as setwd("C:/Desktop") . I typically set the working directory everytime I open R studio.