Local history configuration in IntelliJ IDEA 11

Question

In previous versions of IDEA I was able to set how many days back the Local History feature would keep the changes in the source files. For some reason, I cannot find this i

Answer 1

Modify bin\idea.exe.vmoptions (idea.vmoptions on Linux, Info.plist on Mac), add the following line:

-DlocalHistory.daysToKeep=5

It was the only configurable option removed from the settings user interface.

Another way is to use Help | Find Action, type Registry in the box, ensure that Include non-menu actions option is enabled, select the Registry result from the list, press Enter:

Note that the default value is 5 working days.