Renaming PyCharm project does not change name at top of window

Question

In PyCharm, I can refactor the project by right clicking on it in the menu on the left. However, this does not change the name in the blue bar right at the top of the PyCharm window, where it also shows the project path on your machine. Why not?

Answer 1

Today I have reached the same problem. I tried this answer, but I have not found this <projectdir>/.idea/.name.

So I renamed the <projectdir>/.idea/<projectName>.iml, but I realized that this is not enough.

For fully working solution I had to:

1. Change name of projectdir
2. Rename the <projectdir>/.idea/<projectName>.iml file
3. Rebuild virtualenv (because I used it on this module)
4. Change all paths to file <projectName>.iml and virtualenv directory (in my case: ) inside each xml file on folder .idea (In my case was files name: modules.xml and workspace.xml -> that is mine home directory for all projects)

5. Change name of module (projectName) inside xml file (in my case: workspace.xml) on each that line contain:

   • <favorites_list name="<projectName>" />

   • <option name="myItemId" value="<projectName>" />

   • <module name="<projectName>" />

   • <ignored path="<projectName>.iws" /> -> but I am not 100% sure about this one.

6. And finally restart pyCharm and set current virtualenv as Python Interpretor

For Info: I am working on pyCharm Community Edition 2016.2 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

If someone knows easier way, please feel free to inform me.