How to disable Maven auto import automatically in IntelliJ IDEA?

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I believe this setting might be causing IntelliJ IDEA to behave slowly. I used to get a popup and finally clicked 'do this automatically', and now it is on, but I want to turn it off again. How can I disable Maven 'auto import'?

possible duplicate of [Intellij IDEA and Maven, disable reading pom.xml on every small change, even without a save](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26099685/intellij-idea-and-maven-disable-reading-pom-xml-on-every-small-change-even-wit) — Software Engineer, Sep 29 '14 at 16:28

Darek Kay · Answer 1 · 2020-10-02T16:21:53.507

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Uncheck Project Settings | Maven | Importing | Import Maven projects automatically.

For IDEA 2020+, open Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools and check "Reload projects after changes in the build scripts" and "Any changes"

edited Oct 02 '20 at 16:21

answered Sep 29 '14 at 12:07

Darek Kay

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This worked for me, but I did have to restart intelliJ in order for the editor to stop behaving slowly. – Noah Oct 22 '18 at 18:28
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I don't see this option in IntelliJ 2020.1 (Linux). Any update to this answer, please? – uvsmtid May 08 '20 at 14:40
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This has changed in version 2020.1 dramatically. see https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/01/intellij-idea-2020-1-eap/?_ga=2.166486142.1328458743.1589984167-1329951468.1589984167#maven_and_gradle_importing_updates and https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360007973600-maven-auto-import – Antony Stubbs May 20 '20 at 15:17
Please up vote this issue to get auto import back! https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-235459 – Antony Stubbs May 26 '20 at 13:47

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 30 '20 at 02:30

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Although above answers are correct. I have observed that above option is not available on IntelliJ 2020.2 version. So, there you need to go Settings -> Build Tool -> Check "Reload projects after changes in the build scripts" -> check "Any changes"

answered Sep 30 '20 at 02:30

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Andrei Sfat · Answer 3 · 2019-08-02T08:55:33.457

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Go to Intellij's Settings and navigate to Build, Execution, Deployment -> Maven -> Importing -> uncheck Import Maven projects automatically.

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answered Sep 29 '14 at 12:08

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 29 '16 at 18:16

For me (IntelliJ IDEA 14.1.1 on Ubuntu 12) this setting was in Settings > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Maven > Importing > [X] Import Maven projects automatically.

In case it moves again, or you want to get to it quickly, the Maven settings are also findable through a general search by double-tapping Shift and then typing maven, which is how I found it this time--I think the setting location in IDEA must have been moved since the other answers were posted.

double-tapping shift is helpful to me. Thx – David Jul 08 '17 at 02:42 — David, Jul 08 '17 at 02:42

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 01 '16 at 10:30

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Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Maven -> Importing -> Import Maven projects automatically

answered Jul 01 '16 at 10:30

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 26 '22 at 10:26

Since it is regarding InteliJ IDEA 13, follow these steps to disable auto import maven.

Settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Maven -> Importing -> UNTICK Import Maven projects automatically

This steps also works for InteliJ IDEA 14 upwards excluding InteliJ IDEA 20 and above.

How to disable Maven auto import automatically in IntelliJ IDEA?

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