You can go to Preferences -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Maven -> Importing and check the box that says Import Maven projects automatically.
In Mac, you can do Command + Shift + A, then enter the action reimport, then click on Reimport all Maven projects.
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intellij-support.jetbrains.com › hc › en-us › community › posts › 360003682939-How-do-you-remove-something-from-External-Libraries
How do you remove something from "External Libraries"? – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
I'm on a workstation that has Python27, but I'm trying to write in a virtualenv of 3.7. I can do this outside of PyCharm just fine by changing the PATH files, but IN PyCharm, I can't seem to exclude Python27 from the External Libraries.
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IntelliJ Idea not removing (external) libraries – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
April 21, 2021 - Actual: 4) run 'reload all maven projects' (maven toolwindow) > the dependency is not removed from 'external libraries' and in case of version change the new version is added as library => 2 versions of the same library 5) searching in the project folder it also/still appears in the .iml file under <orderEntry/> The removed versions keep coming back. To fix this I tried: - manually deleting those libraries in IntelliJ: this works until the next 'reload' which load all the versions you ever entered - manually deleting the .iml file: as soon as this file is recreated, the problem returns - manually deleting the .idea folder: solves the problem of the returning bad versions until you change a dependency version or remove the dependency.
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You can go to Preferences -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Maven -> Importing and check the box that says Import Maven projects automatically.
In Mac, you can do Command + Shift + A, then enter the action reimport, then click on Reimport all Maven projects.
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As mentioned by @maheeka in the question's comments, if the project is a Maven project, the simplest way to achieve updating changed external libraries is to right-click on the project, and select Maven > Reload project.
You can actually see IntelliJ re-indexing the changed libraries individually during the operation in the bottom right status bar.
Tested on v2021.1 Ultimate.
Eugene Petrenko
jonnyzzz.com › blog › 2013 › 05 › 13 › removing-unused-dependencies-in-idea
Removing Unused Dependencies in IDEA Projects – Eugene Petrenko
In this post I write about Jonnyzzz Dependencies plugin that helps one to remove unused dependencies between modules and libraries
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 52356711 › how-to-remove-unused-external-libraries-intellij
how to remove unused external libraries Intellij - Stack Overflow
I am working on a project with Intellij and for some reason we imported too many libraries. now I need to remove all the unnecessary libraries. is there a way to remove them without removing the ac...
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intellij-support.jetbrains.com › hc › en-us › community › posts › 206878515-How-do-I-remove-unused-dependencies-from-the-project
How do I remove unused dependencies from the project? – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
April 12, 2013 - You can add dependencies, but can't delete, nor alter existing dependencies. Edited: My error. Re-importing does work, but from IntelliJ, one has to expand the External Library entries in question, then delete the associated jar file.
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How to clear / remove all global libraries – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
Hi,after 1 year plus of adding and removing RVMs and gemsets (Ruby), IntelliJ's Global Libraries cache is a total mess. I'm trying to find a way to clean it up without having to press the "Remove" ...
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youtrack.jetbrains.com › issue › IJPL-12270 › Delete-all-unused-libraries
Delete all unused libraries : IJPL-12270
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intellij-support.jetbrains.com › hc › en-us › community › posts › 205970144-How-to-exclude-external-libraries-from-indexing
How to exclude external libraries from indexing – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
November 12, 2016 - Libraries are not a problem but headers are. I add such directories in CMake using include_directories(SYSTEM ...). CLion places them under External Libraries in Project Tree. Unlike normal project directories those don't have option to be marked as library/excluded and I feel like they are indexed as regular project directories.
Oracle
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Removing a library reference from the project classpath
Find the entry in the list of libraries called Shared Library [<library-name>], and then select it.
Nektony
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How to remove IntelliJ from Mac (delete all leftover files)
November 21, 2025 - Like most JetBrains tools, IntelliJ keeps gigabytes of configuration data, logs, and caches in hidden Library folders. To remove them: In Finder’s menu, click Go → Go to Folder. ... Copy and press Return. ... Be careful with JetBrains in case you use their another product. . For better results, select Name Contains when typing ... Copy in the search box. Double check you search in the Library, not in this Mac.
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6.0.1: How do I remove jars from the Modules and Libraries to Package list? – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
November 7, 2006 - I have... that's the problem. I think this issue steams from I deleted the actual jar files in Windows Explorer, then opened the project in IntelliJ. So, this is self inflected...
Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.com › questions › 58232481 › cleaning-the-external-libraries-in-intellij
Cleaning the external libraries in Intellij - Stack Overflow
In my intellij sbt project I have added a dependency for com.crealytics libraryDependencies += "com.crealytics" %% "spark-excel" % "0.10.2". Everytime I am building the project its creating 2 libr...
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Normally information like this will be found in one of the following places in OS X:
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/AppName
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.appname.plist
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/AppName
/Library/Preferences/AppName
/Library/Preferences/com.appname.plist
/Library/Application Support/AppName
If the app adheres to the standard OS X conventions you weill find info in one or all of these places. If it doesnt store here you might check for a /Users/username/.intellij folder or something similar in your home directory
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I just ran through this and here is the list of files that I had to delete for IntelliJ 13:
~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.intellij.plist.lockfile
~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Caches/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Caches/com.jetbrains.intellij
~/Library/Logs/IntelliJIdea13
~/Library/Saved Application State/com.jetbrains.intellij.savedState
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youtrack.jetbrains.com › projects › IJPL › issues › IJPL-51421 › Hide-External-Libraries-in-Project-view
Hide External Libraries in Project view : IJPL-51421
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intellij-support.jetbrains.com › hc › en-us › community › posts › 18900891155346-Removing-library-from-externa-libraries-in-PyCharm
Removing library from externa libraries in PyCharm – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
Hi, I checked through posts, but still cannot find a way to do it. I want to remove the library rg_v2 from External Libraries (which I don't know how it even got there …). I have been looking for a...
Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.com › questions › 59515046 › how-to-exclude-external-libraries-in-intellij-from-jar-file
How to exclude External Libraries in IntelliJ from .jar file - Stack Overflow
December 29, 2019 - which seems to work for folders inside my project, but not within the External Libraries file. Am I able to exclude files or folders in the External Libraries area using sourceSets?
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You have an icon in the top right of your intelliJ window, right next to the maginifying glass and click on it. It's the icon that looks like a pile of papers in the screenshot I took below.
In the next window, click on Modules in the left sidebar and in the right part of the window, click on the name of your project.
In my case, it's the name of my Spring Artefact project.
Now at the right, you have the context of your intelliJ project.
You can now select the folder you want to add or remove and click on the desired markup.
Hope it helps !
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Click on the project, then File > Project Structure.
Go to the Dependencies tab, then find the entry that is adding such folder as a library root and remove that entry and click OK.
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Hide external libraries node from project view? – IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains
February 1, 2023 - It's always annoying that the "external libraries" node in the project view will be expanded when a decompiled class is shown which results in a large amount of scrolling back to the interesting so...