How to disable Maven auto import automatically in IntelliJ IDEA?

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mmm picture mmm · Sep 29, 2014 · Viewed 37.4k times · Source

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'?

Answer

Darek Kay picture Darek Kay · Sep 29, 2014

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

For IDEA 14+ it's under Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | 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"

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