Disable intellij indexing on specific folder

Question

In my project I have .deploy folder which is created/updated when I deploy my app locally. Is it possible to disable indexing on that folder? Everything slows down whenever

Answer 1

On IntelliJ 13+ (don't know for earlier versions), you can right click on a folder > Mark Directory As > Excluded.

Answer 2

After applying the Mark As > Excluded method to a folder you still might see unwanted results.

You have to explicitly mark sub-folders as well to disable certain functionalities for sub-folders.

indexing, find usages etc.

Answer 3

Mark this folder as Excluded in the File | Project Structure | Modules | Sources tab.

Edit: also make sure it's not added as a library in the project.

Answer 4

if you cannot do it throu the Modules menu because your intellij freezes (like in my case) edit .iml file of your projet and add excludeFolder line as below:

<content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
  <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
  <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" type="java-resource" />
  <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/features" type="java-test-resource" />
  <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/java" isTestSource="true" />
  <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/resources" type="java-test-resource" />
  <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/node_modules" />
  <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
</content>