Where Are CS:GO's Config Files Located?

CS:GO Config File Locations

Config File Location

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is the fourth installment in Valve's Counter-Strike series. Counter-Strike is an FPS - that's short for First Person Shooter - meaning, quite frankly, the game in played in first person and the objective involves shooting in some way or another.

There are many different gamemodes in CS:GO (ways to play the game), but the most popular is "Competitive". Competitive is an adaptation of demolition, in which there are two teams - the Terrorists and the Counter-Terrorists. The Terrorists have to plant the bomb before the clock reaches 0 and have to prevent the Counter-Terrorists from defusing it. If the Terrorists don't plant the bomb (either the time runs out or they all die), or the bomb is defused before it goes off, the Counter-Terrorists win. If the Terrorists do successfully detonate the bomb, they win.

The above process is played out for up to 30 rounds, with the first team winning 16 rounds being declared victorious. After 15 rounds, the teams are switched to keep things even.

Config File Location

If you want to set up an autoexec, or manually edit your CS:GO config file, you need to know exactly where that is located on your computer (that's why you're here after all).

First things first, we need two clarify that there are two CS:GO config files, not just one. They're fairly similar but there is one crucial difference: one is for settings relating to the Steam user (so if you have two Steam accounts, you would have a separate config file that applies to each), and the other is for settings that apply to CS:GO, regardless of the Steam account playing the game. If you the same setting declared in each of the files, the user specific one will override the general one.

Steam User Specific Config File Location

If you're a technical guy or gal' all you need to know is that your user-specific config files are located at the following path from within your Steam library:

userdata > your steamID3 > 730 > local > cfg

If that doesn't mean anything to you, keep reading as we have provided more in-depth advice for each operating system below:

Windows

On Windows, open up File Explorer and paste in the following text in the address bar (at the top):

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata

If the above text prompts a "Windows can't find 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam"... error message, try the following path:

C:\Program Files\Steam\userdata

If you get another error: follow this guide to find out where your Steam library is. Once in your Steam library go to the userdata folder.

Once you're in the userdata folder, go into the folder with a name containing the numbers that are in your steamID3 and navigate through the following folders:

730 > local > cfg

And that's you in your user specific config directory. In here, you will find config.cfg.

Mac

On Mac, open up the Terminal by pressing COMMAND + SPACE BAR, searching for "Terminal", and clicking Terminal. Then Type:

open ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata

Then, go into the folder with a name containing the numbers that are in your steamID3 (if you don't know and navigate through the following folders:

730 > local > cfg

And that's you in your user specific config directory. In here, you will find config.cfg.

Linux

On Linux, nagivate to the following folder (default Steam library location):

~/.steam/steam/userdata

Then, go into the folder with a name containing the numbers that are in your steamID3 and navigate through the following folders:

730 > local > cfg

And that's you in your user specific config directory. In here, you will find config.cfg.

General Config File Folder

The location of your general config file varies based on your operating system. See below for steps to locate based on your operating system.

Windows

On Windows, if you haven't moved your Steam library location, you can find your config file at one of the following paths:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\cfg

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\cfg

If you don't have a Steam folder in C:\Program Files, or there is no Counter-Strike Global Offensive folder in common, chances are you have moved your Steam library or CS:GO installation to a different folder or hard drive. If you don't know where this is, follow this guide and then once in the library's main directory navigate to steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\cfg.

Mac

Macs running CS:GO have their configs stored (by default) in the following folder:

~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/csgo/cfg

If you are having trouble finding the Steam folder, or there is no Counter-Strike Global Offensive directory in common, you've likely installed CS:GO to a non-default location on your computer. Don't panic, though! If you don't know where you've installed Counter-Strike, first follow this guide to find out your Steam library's location, then proceed to steamapps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/csgo/cfg from your Steam library's root directory.

Linux

On Linux, Counter-Strike global configuration files are stored in the following folder by default:

~/.steam/steam/SteamApps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/csgo/cfg

If that isn't found, you probably haven't installed CS:GO to the default Steam library location. Follow this guide to find out where your Steam library is and then proceed to SteamApps/common/Counter-Strike Global Offensive/csgo/cfg once inside.