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Do one of the following:
- On the Welcome screen, click Open Project link. Alternatively, locate the desired project in your file chooser, and then drag and drop it onto the Welcome screen.
- On the main menu, choose .
- In the Open Project dialog box, navigate to the desired *.ipr,
.classpath, .project, or pom.xml,
file or to the folder marked with the
icon, that contains project .idea directory.
- Specify whether you want to open the project in a new frame, or close the current project and reuse the existing frame. Refer to the section Opening Multiple Projects for details.
When IntelliJ IDEA starts, the most recent project reopens by default (unless this option is disabled in General settings).
IntelliJ IDEA keeps the history list of the recent projects, from which you can select the desired one.
- On the main menu, choose .
- Select the desired project from the list of the recent ones.
- Specify whether you want to open the project in a new frame, or reuse the current frame.
Tip
You can:
- 11.0+ Reopen a recent project from the Welcome screen. To do that, just click the desired link under Recent Projects, or press
- Terminate the project opening process, without waiting for its completion, by clicking Cancel in the progress window.
When the only open project is closed, the Welcome screen is displayed. In case of multiple projects, each one is closed with its frame.
- On the main menu, choose .
