This operation refers both to the projects created in IntelliJ IDEA, and the projects from existing sources.
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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.
Note
Alternatively, you can drag the desired project from your file chooser right to the Open Project dialog without locating it there. The respective file in the dialog will be found automatically.
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 Alt+numberAlt+number
- Terminate the project opening process, without waiting for its completion, by clicking Cancel in the progress window.
- Open projects and individual files from the command line, by specifying the project or file name as a command line argument.
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 .
