I did install projectile from melpa and now want to give it try. So i fiddled together this lines to get projectile mode. (use-package projectile :config (setq projectile-enable-caching t) (global-set-key (kbd "C-c p f") 'helm-projectile) (projectile-global-mode) ) ;; end of use-package i also did "touch ~/.emacs.d/.projectile". Now when i open init.el i have projectile minor mode. Actually whati expected... But when i do ;; (use-package projectile ;; :config ;; (setq projectile-enable-caching t) ;; (global-set-key (kbd "C-c p f") 'helm-projectile) ;; (projectile-global-mode) ;; ) ;; end of use-package and start a new emacs instance and open init.el it still has projectile minor mode enabled. Now i wonder why is that? Where may this be configured? There is no other version (other then the installed-by-me elpa version) of projectile installed on my hosting machine. btw: I would tag this question init.el but the tag seems not available and i lack reputation...