IntelliJ IDEA: How to rename a project (in “Recent

Question

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

Answer 1

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)

4. restart IDEA intellij

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

I hope this helps you :)

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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!

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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 {} \;