Eclipse Closing Projects

Why Close Projects?

An Eclipse workspace contains multiple projects. A project can be either closed or open.

Having too many projects open affects:

• Memory consumption
• Compilation time: When deleting project .class files (Clean All Projects) and recompiling (select Project > Clean > Clean all projects from the menu).

How to Close a Project?

If a project is not in the development phase, we can close it.

Select the project to be closed in the Package Explorer view and close it by choosing Project > Close Project from the menu.

Closed Projects

After closing a project, we can see the project icon has changed in the Package Explorer view. Closed projects cannot be edited.

Reopening a Project

You can reopen a project by selecting Project > Open Project.