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

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

Answer 2

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.