How do I delete project in intelliJ IDEA 10.5?

Question

I have created a project in IntelliJ IDEA 10.5, but it is very difficult to delete it. The project manager in Eclipse is much better than IntelliJ IDEA.

Can anybody exp

Answer 1

Just figured, I am using Idea Community edition 13.1.1 and the cleanest and easiest way is to go to File > Reopen project > Clear List. I just stumbled upon this menu today. I always thought that is just to clear the latest projects from the view inside the IDE and just realized it is clearing the projects from the main Dialog too.

Answer 2

To remove a project in IntelliJ IDEA 10.5, close IDEA and delete the project directory.

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As @Sheidaei mentioned in the comments, this does not work for IntelliJ IDEA 12. For deleting projects in IntelliJ 12, see the question which Christian Junk kindly pointed out: How to delete projects in IntelliJ 12?

Answer 3

Delete the .idea folder, and the projectName.iml file, both in the project directory.