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I would prefer to go into the File menu and see something that says "Close Project". Only thing I see is "Close Editors." Is that how you close a project?
 
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Okay it is in the Project menu. But it doesn't close what is in Project Explorer. You have to delete that by hand. I'm so used to Visual Studio.
 
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Eclipse is strange, for some things. I only use it when forced to these days. You might prefer NetBeans or IntelliJ more, if you have a choice, especially the latter.

But it is also good to know how to use Eclipse, since it's so common that teams want to use it, for some reason.
 
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Eclipse isn't an IDE it's a framework. The most popular Eclipse spin has a Java IDE implemented as pre-installed plugins. The plugins implement Perspectives and Views. So Eclipse itself doe not understand "projects". Instead you have to deal with a project plugin.

When you close a Java project, its primary function is to hide the project resources, The project is only closed, not deleted, because you can later re-open the project.

If you really want to delete a project there's a separate Delete project option on the menu. Note that a project consists both of a directory and the .project file that defines the specifics of the project. And that a project can live anywhere on your filesystem. The Workspace is a logical organizer, not a physical parent directory as such, though the workspace directory does create project directories within itself by default.

So, when you select Project/Delete, you have the option to delete just the project definition (.project file) or the project definition plus the project's directory. Either way the project will then disappear from the workspace.

 
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