How to force Android Studio to start with the welcome screen?

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Marian Klühspies picture Marian Klühspies · Jan 17, 2014 · Viewed 46.7k times · Source

is it possible to let Android Studio start into the welcome screen instead of directly loading the last recent project?

I´ve not really the fastest pc and I often need to switch between projects, its really annoying sometimes.

Answer

pyus13 picture pyus13 · Jan 17, 2014

Go to

(as of July 25, 2015)
File -> Settings -> Appearance & Behavior -> System Settings -> Un-check "Reopen last project on startup" -> Click apply

(old version)
File -> Settings -> General -> Startup/shutdown -> Reopen last project on startup.

Un-Check the checkbox.

Or, on the Mac, Preferences -> General -> ....

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