How to Exclude Folders in PyCharm to Speed Up Indexing

Introduction

Hello, I'm PiPi. I received a question in a Python community about a PyCharm operation and share it here.

Problem

Each time PyCharm starts, it performs an indexing update, which can be time‑consuming when many projects are open.

The screenshot shows a list of projects, indicating a large number of files.

Solution

In PyCharm's Settings, go to the file settings and mark the folder as Excluded. This tells PyCharm not to index the folder's contents, reducing indexing time and speeding up startup.

After applying the exclusion, the indexing process becomes faster, resolving the issue.

Conclusion

The article provides a practical method to improve PyCharm performance by excluding unnecessary folders from indexing.