How to delete projects in IntelliJ 12?

Question

I created some dummy projects. Now I don\'t see any way to delete the projects that I don\'t want. Per this suggestion I can delete files, the project is going away but there is

Answer 1

On occasion, even with deletion of the project, some tidbits are left behind in the following Windows paths:

• C:\Users\username.domain\.IntelliJIdea2017.1\system\compiler
• C:\Users\username.domain\.IntelliJIdea2017.1\system\compile-server
• C:\Users\username.domain\.IntelliJIdea2017.1\system\frameworks\detection
• C:\Users\username.domain\.IntelliJIdea2017.1\system\conversion
• C:\Users\username.domain\.IntelliJIdea2017.1\config\componentVersions
• C:\Users\username.domain\.IntelliJIdea2017.1\config\tasks

This has been proven to be problematic - for example, if a new project is created using a previously deleted project name, it will create the project with data stored in the above paths, at least, this has been my experience.

The only way to TRULY delete the project is to get rid of all the garbage left behind in the aforementioned folders. I would suggest using Search Everything to find more tidbits left in the users temp folders.