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Matthias
Matthias

Reputation: 10379

IntelliJ IDEA: How to rename a project (in "Recent Projects" list)?

Is there an easy way in IDEA 12 to rename a project in the "Recent Projects" list?

Upvotes: 98

Views: 56624

Answers (10)

Dhamo
Dhamo

Reputation: 1251

I have tried all above solutions but the solution that worked for me is, renaming the folder manually after closing the IDE. Once it is renamed, it is all good to show the new project name.

Upvotes: 0

Signal
Signal

Reputation: 31

I found the solution to change “Recent Projects” list!

  1. browse 'setting.gradle' in your project

  2. change rootProject.name='new_project_name'

However, this way only changes the project name.

Try the answer of @Matthias together!

Upvotes: 3

BaiJiFeiLong
BaiJiFeiLong

Reputation: 4605

  1. Rename all old*.iml to new*.iml
  2. Open this project in Sublime Text, use Ctrl+Shift+F to replace all "old" to "new"

Then reopen this project and build it!

Upvotes: 3

双义邓
双义邓

Reputation: 101

Change your project using refactor. (first change your project folder name).

  1. Select Project Name.
  2. Select Refactor->Rename
  3. Input new Project.

Everything should be ok now.

Upvotes: 10

Nathan
Nathan

Reputation: 1157

If your project is file based, you cannot rename the project from within IDEA.

Convert your project to a directory based format, and then you will have the option to rename it under "File > Project Structure > Project > Project Name".

This was just done on 14 ultimate.

Upvotes: 13

Juh_
Juh_

Reputation: 15539

I've tried the answer of @Matthias, @Ernest and @fhucho, but did not work (with 12.1.6CE).

What made it work was:

  1. change the name of the project folder
  2. find and rename the .ipr file, as proposed by @Ernest
    • Note: I did not have any .iml nor .iws file
  3. change the name in .idea/.name

  4. replace all occurrences for the initial project name by the new one in all .xml files

    • find them using:

    find . -name "*.xml" -exec grep -Hn $InitProjectName {} \;

Upvotes: 6

devJackie
devJackie

Reputation: 119

intellij project structured in folder

I completed the renaming as below.

The attached image is structured in project folder.

Must make changes in the xml into a new project name.

  1. close IDEA intellij (14.0.2)

  2. change intellij project name (folder)

    e.g) old_project_name -> new_project_name

  3. change .idea in folder

We have only changed the

1) artifacts in folder -> xml

2) runConfigurations in folder -> xml

3) modules.xml

4) workspace.xml

5) [your_project_name].iml

(Depending on your project structure, your folder may not contain xml)

  1. restart IDEA intellij

  2. File -> Import Module...[your intellij project]

I hope this helps you :)

Upvotes: 2

fhucho
fhucho

Reputation: 34530

Simply edit the file that contains the name: .idea/.name.

Upvotes: 17

Ernest Poletaev
Ernest Poletaev

Reputation: 590

To rename project in IDEA 13 CE

  1. Close IDEA project
  2. Find project files *.ipr, *.iml, *.iws
  3. Rename all these files as you want to be named project e.g. New Project.ipr(iml,iws)
  4. Open project file in IDEA

Upvotes: 8

Matthias
Matthias

Reputation: 10379

Found the solution.
You can rename the Project under "File > Project Structure > Project > Project Name".

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Upvotes: 148

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