Control source, library, and exclude directories
Exclude from indexing
If you don't need specific files, but you don't want to completely remove them, you can temporarily exclude these files from the project. Excluded files are ignored by code completion, navigation, and inspections.
To exclude a file, you need to mark it as a plain text file. You can always return excluded files to their original state.
Right-click the necessary file in the Project tool window.
Select .
Plain text files are marked with the
icon.
To revert the changes, right-click the file and select Mark as <file type> from the menu.
note
The Mark directory as actions described below are available for CMake, Makefiles, and compilation database projects.
For CMake projects, these actions can't be applied to generation folders (cmake-build-debug/ cmake-build-release by default). You can change the generation path for the current CMake profile in .
If you don't want CLion to index a certain directory of your project, do the following:
In the Project tool window, right-click the directory you want to exclude and select :
Code generation, code completion, and refactorings won't be available for this directory. The files won't appear in search results unless you select this directory explicitly in the Find in Files dialog Ctrl+Shift+F. The directory is marked as excluded 
.
To include the directory back again, right-click it and select .
tip
If you are working in remote development mode, the directories you mark as excluded will not be synchronized with the remote machine. See Full remote mode: excluded paths.
In the Project tool window, right-click the directory with the library files, and select :
Code generation, code completion and refactorings won't be available for this directory. However, you can make these files available in search results:
In Find in Files dialog Ctrl+Shift+F: narrow down your search by selecting the Project and Frameworks scope.
When searching everywhere (press twice): check Include non-project items or select Project and Frameworks from the list in the top right corner of the window.
To unmark the directory, right-click it and select .
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