Intellij IDEA. Hide .iml files

Question

I use Intellij IDEA 12 and I want to hide .iml files in Project view. How I can achieve this?

Solution 1

Check “Ignored files and folders” in File Types settings:

File | Settings | Editor | File Types for Windows and Linux

IntelliJ IDEA | Preferences | Editor | File Types for OS X

Then add *.iml;*.idea; in the text box in the bottom:

http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/2011/04/intellij-idea-does-not-show-some-files-know-the-hiding-places/

Solution 2

For Intellij IDEA 13 on OS X 10.9, do this:

• Go to Intellij IDEA > Preferences.
• Scroll down to the IDE Settings section, go to File Types.
• Add *.iml and .idea to the Ignore files and folders list box at the bottom of this window.

The project navigator will be much cleaner!

I hope it helps!

Solution 3

• Go to File -> Settings -> File Types
• Append *.iml to the list below "Ignore files and folders" (located at the bottom of the dialog)

Solution 4

IntelliJ 14 and 15 on Mac OS X (they've changed the hierarchy again in 14):

• Go to IntelliJ IDEA -> Preferences -> Editor -> File Types
• Append *.iml to the list below "Ignore files and folders" (located at the bottom of the dialog)

Solution 5

For IntelliJ 14 on Windows, go to File->Settings->Editor->File Types. At the bottom, append ;.idea;*.iml.

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Comments

[Dennis Laumen]

For Mac OS X, one should go to IntelliJ IDEA -> Preferences -> File Types. The rest of the instructions are valid for Mac OS X as well.

[Bohdan Yurov]

That does not work as *iml is reserved for Idea Module

[zeratul021]

@nick4fake just FYI - adding patterns there worked for me in 14.1.5

[koppor]

Also applies for IntelliJ 2016

[tsar2512]

This does not seem to work for mac intelliJ 14, it does not hide files in the project view, I can still see them. I have some special .*.expl files that I would like to hide

[Charles]

I tried to ignore .class file using this method. Bad idea, Intellij even ignores .class files from jar libs...

[sbk]

Thanks, works on IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1.1 Mac OS X 10.11.1

[Advicer]

Seems not to be working on Intellij IDEA 2017.1.3 Trial version on Windows 10.

[EminezArtus]

Make sure you use a Semicolon not a Comma or else it will not work.

[Hariprasath]

Is this setting will block to add into git?

[T.S]

Works great when wanting to filter .bak files as well. And you can always add the file to git manually by using the command prompt (git add -f "filename"), or smartgit.

[mallaudin]

Make sure to add ; as separator.

[Werner Henze]

It looks like the accepted answer said the same 7 years ago. So what value does your answer add?

[Robert Christ]

This answer is copied across the internet, but no longer exists in IntelliJ 2021.1.3, and I have so far been unable to find an alternative.