# Closing Projects

When a project is closed, it can no longer be changed in the Workbench and its resources no longer appear in the Workbench, but they do still reside on the local file system. Closed projects require less memory. Also, since they are not examined during builds, closing a project can improve build time.

To close a project:

1. Select the project in one of the navigation views.
2. Click Close Project on the pop-up menu.

To re-open the project:

1. Select the project in one of the navigation views.
2. Click Open Project on the pop-up menu.

### Related Concepts

Resources
Builds

### Related Tasks

Creating a project
Deleting projects