|===
|Priority |Method |Location |Details

|1
|Command line interface
|.
|In the command line using `-D`.

|2
|`gradle.properties` file
|`GRADLE_USER_HOME`
|Stored in a `gradle.properties` file in the `<<directory_layout.adoc#dir:gradle_user_home,GRADLE_USER_HOME>>`.

|3
|`gradle.properties` file
|Project Root Dir

To enable the Daemon by default in older Gradle versions, add the following setting to the `gradle.properties` file in the project root or your Gradle User Home (`GRADLE_USER_HOME`:

====
.gradle.properties
[source,properties]
----
org.gradle.daemon=true
----
====

[[sec:disabling_the_daemon]]
== Disable Daemon

A typical project setup places the `gradle.properties` file in the root directory of the build.
Alternatively, the file can also live in the `<<directory_layout.adoc#dir:gradle_user_home,GRADLE_USER_HOME>>` directory if you want it to apply to all builds on your machine.

====
[.multi-language-sample]
=====
[source,kotlin]
----
.
├── gradle.properties
└── settings.gradle.kts
├── subproject-a

By default, the Gradle User Home (`~/.gradle` or `C:\Users\<USERNAME>\.gradle`) stores global configuration properties, initialization scripts, caches, and log files.

It can be set with the environment variable `GRADLE_USER_HOME`.

TIP: Not to be confused with the `GRADLE_HOME`, the optional installation directory for Gradle.

It is roughly structured as follows:

[listing]
----
├── caches // <1>
│   ├── 4.8 // <2>