How to prevent open last projects when IntelliJ IDEA starts?

Question

By default IntelliJ IDEA opens the last project when starting.

How to start IntelliJ without opening last project?

Answer 1

IntelliJ 2016.x keeps this information in its own file now. On my MacBook Pro w/OSX:

~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea2016.2/options/recentProjects.xml

If IntelliJ hangs on startup, force quit the app then rename this file to something like "recentProjects.xml.bak."

Upon restart you'll get the option screen for creating or opening a project.

Note: the actual path may vary depending upon which version of IntelliJ you have installed eg.

IntelliJIdea2016.1/ IntelliJIdea2016.2/ IntelliJIdea2016.3/

Answer 2

The fastest way is to

ctrl+shift+a (windows)

cmd+shift+a (mac)

and then just type

reopen last project on startup

Answer 3

Intellij Idea or Android Studio:

From the menu go to :

File > Settings >Appearence & Behavior > System Settings.

disable the option:

Reopen last project on startup

Answer 4

On the Mac the file is located at ~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea12/options/ide.general.xml

And then set the reopenLastProject option to false.

Answer 5

On WINDOWS, the path is:

C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.IntelliJIdea[VERSION]\config\options\ide.general.xml

Then set reopenLastProject to false, i.e.:

<application> <component name="GeneralSettings"> <option name="reopenLastProject" value="false" /> </component> </application>

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PS: You may have to create the option if it doesn't exist.

Answer 6

I opened this file in VI using this path:

~/Library/preferences/IdeaIC13/options/ide.general.xml

and changed this value:

<option name="reopenLastProject" value="true" />

to

<option name="reopenLastProject" value="false" />