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# Configure Kivy

The configuration file for kivy is named config.ini, and adheres to the [standard INI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INI_file) format.

## Locating the configuration file

The location of the configuration file is controlled by the environment variable \`KIVY\_HOME\`:

```
<KIVY_HOME>/config.ini
```

On desktop, this defaults to:

```
<HOME_DIRECTORY>/.kivy/config.ini
```

Therefore, if your user is named "tito", the file will be here:

* Windows: `C:\Users\tito\.kivy\config.ini`
* OS X: `/Users/tito/.kivy/config.ini`
* Linux: `/home/tito/.kivy/config.ini`

On Android, this defaults to:

```
<ANDROID_APP_PATH>/.kivy/config.ini
```

If your app is named "org.kivy.launcher", the file will be here:

```
/data/data/org.kivy.launcher/files/.kivy/config.ini
```

On iOS, this defaults to:

```
<HOME_DIRECTORY>/Documents/.kivy/config.ini
```

## Local configuration

Sometimes it's desired to change configuration only for certain applications or during testing of a separate part of Kivy for example input providers. To create a separate configuration file you can simply use these commands:

```
from kivy.config import Config

Config.read(<file>)
# set config
Config.write()
```

When a local configuration of single `.ini` file isn't enough, e.g. when you want to have separate environment for garden, kivy logs and other things, you'll need to change the the `KIVY_HOME` environment variable in your application to get desired result:

```
import os
os.environ['KIVY_HOME'] = <folder>
```

or before each run of the application change it manually in the console:

1. Windows:

   ```
   set KIVY_HOME=<folder>
   ```
2. Linux & OSX:

   ```
   export KIVY_HOME=<folder>
   ```

After the change of `KIVY_HOME`, the folder will behave exactly the same as the default `.kivy/` folder mentioned above.

## Understanding config tokens

All the configuration tokens are explained in the `kivy.config` module.


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