affinity Preferences

What is affinity Preferences?

Affinity is a professional design app for macOS that brings photo editing, vector design, and page layout tools together in one desktop workflow. It is used by designers, illustrators, publishers, marketers, and other creative users who need precise control over visual work. Common tasks include editing images, creating logos and illustrations, building print-ready documents, and preparing layouts for digital or published output. The file at ~/Library/Preferences/com.canva.affinity.plist is the app’s preferences file, which stores user-specific settings such as interface choices and other saved options. Removing this file does not remove the app itself, but it can reset Affinity’s saved preferences and may cause you to reconfigure settings the next time you open it.

Safety overview

Status: Mostly safe

This is a user-level preferences file, not the main application or a system component. Deleting it is generally low risk, but Affinity may recreate it when you open the app again. The main precaution is identity: the file name uses com.canva.affinity, which matches Affinity’s current Canva ownership, so it is consistent with the app’s purpose as a desktop design tool. Removing the file can reset app settings, interface preferences, and other saved choices.

Recommendation: Keep this file if you use Affinity and want to preserve your current settings. Remove it if you no longer use Affinity, or if you are troubleshooting preference-related problems such as corrupted settings or unwanted app behavior. After deletion, expect Affinity to start with default preferences and recreate the file when needed.

File path

• ~/Library/Preferences/com.canva.affinity.plist

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