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In Python 3, I've moved away from creating virtualenvs in ~/.virtualenvs and towards keeping them in the project directory ./venv
However now search results in every PyCharm project include results from venv subdirectories, until you manually right-click and exclude them from the project.
How to omit directories named venv from PyCharm indexing/searching, globally?
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PyCharm allows you to exclude directories from consideration when searching and refactoring. You can exclude a directory by right-clicking on it and selecting Mark Directory as → Excluded.
You can clean out old PyCharm interpreters that are no longer associated with a project via Settings -> Project Interpreter, click on the gear in the top right, then click "More". This gives you a listing where you can get rid of old virtualenvs that PyCharm thinks are still around.
PyCharm can create a virtual environment for your project based on the project requirements.
In File > Settings > Project: > Project Structure at the bottom is Exclude files: You can put something in there like
venv or venv;coverage.xml (given your comment)
It doesn't seem to recognize paths (e.g. foo/venv), but this does what you requested.
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You can globally exclude a directory in PyCharm by following the Breadcrumb trail:
Settings > Editor > File Types > Ignore Files and Folders:
At the bottom is a text box where you can input the symbolic link ./venv relative to your projects base directory, highlighted in the picture:
After that, new projects have ./venv excluded by default. You don't need to repeat the above steps for new projects. In use, "Find in Path" shows:
P.S. I also started keeping my venvs inside their project directories. Once you have dozens of projects it just becomes convenient.
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