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
You can also click File -> Open project ...
When a file menu appears, you can right click the unwanted project folder and select Delete.
Press the Del (or fn and delete) key to delete a project from the Recent Projects
list.
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close project first, or until this dialog appear, then hover your mouse on project you want to delete from history, then press Del
you'll be asked for confirmation
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.
-VRS