Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace error in Eclipse

Question

I am trying to import a project that me and my co-worker have been working on.. and keep getting this error after I select-- \"import\" then \"import existing project\" then

Answer 1

Maybe you get the same project name in your '.project' file,check it,if yes, rename another name.than import again

Answer 2

In eclipse click file then select switch workspace then browse and select another folder. Now repeat the same process and this time there will be no error :)

Answer 3

I had the same error because there was one more project under svn in workspace but with another name. So I've removed it.

Answer 4

delete it from eclipse......u might have closed the project in eclipse by "(Rightclick)-->close project".....so even if you delete this project from workspace folder....it stays there in eclipse IDE as closed project.....you should delete it from Eclipse IDE...!!!

Answer 5

go to .project file in your project and change the name of the project in name tag

Answer 6

Projects in the Eclipse workspace must be unique. Note though that the project name need not be the same as the directory/folder name of the project, so you can either delete any existing project with the same name or alternatively rename the existing projects.