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Read-only files

If a file is read-only, it is marked with the closed lock icon in the status bar. If a file is writable, it is marked with the open lock icon .

Toggle the read-only mode on and off

• Open a file in the editor and click the lock icon / in the status bar.
• Alternatively, select a file in the Project tool window ( Alt+1 ), go to File | File Properties in the main menu and click Make file read-only .

If a read-only status is set by a version control system, it is suggested that you use IntelliJ IDEA version control integration features. For more information, refer to Version control.

Last modified: 09 November 2023

Handle modified without checkout files

If you are going to modify or delete a file under Perforce version control, the read-only status of such file should be removed. IntelliJ IDEA takes care of automatically making files writable. However, you can change read-only status manually, which may happen in a number of ways; for example:

• With the Clear Read-Only Status option enabled, you make a file writable using a file system.
• When a read-only file is opened in the editor, you double-click lock icon in the status bar.
• You remove read-only attribute externally, using file properties.

In these cases, the file gets status Modified without checkout and appears in the Changes view.

To resolve ‘modified without checkout’ files

1. In the Changes view, expand Modified without Checkout node, and select the desired file.
2. From the context menu of the file, choose Check Out . The file becomes writable, and moves to the active changelist.

How to Change Read-Only Status of Files in intellij

I have a Java project and I want to modify it in intellij but I can’t do it because of this » read-only file « or «file is not writable» , so how I can modify and execute it?

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asked May 30, 2017 at 14:58
Harry Prn Dz Harry Prn Dz
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I also googled it; google also links to SO.
Jul 29, 2017 at 0:35
@ayip I just did, and google pulled this up as the first search results to lead me here.
Apr 22, 2021 at 0:43

Just a cent: For one reason or another, when opening a project something bad happened inside of IntelliJ (with an error pop-up) and it marked the project as read-only. After removing the .idea-folder and reopening the project all was fine.

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May 10, 2023 at 22:57

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To toggle read-only attribute of a file, open file in the editor, or select it in the Project tool window. Do one of the following:

• On the main menu, choose File | File Properties | Make File Read-Only , or Make File Writable .

• Click the lock icon in the Status bar in the bottom right corner.

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answered May 30, 2017 at 15:03
Carlos Bernardes Carlos Bernardes
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A screenshot for this answer would be great
Sep 16, 2020 at 20:23
I added a screenshot and updated the text for current release (2002.2.3)
Oct 9, 2020 at 9:14

If IntelliJ IDEA is unable to change the file permissions using File | File Properties | Make File Writable, then perhaps another user is owning that file, e.g. root (use this command to verify: ls -hal /path/to/File.java )

If someone else owns it, for whatever reason, you can change the permissions yourself using the chown command in the terminal:

sudo chown yourusername /path/to/File.java ,

where yourusername is the same user that you used to launch Intellij IDEA.

answered Feb 5, 2018 at 13:53
Håvard Geithus Håvard Geithus
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Worked for me by chmod 0777 /path-to-file . Thanks
May 11, 2020 at 16:06
How to do this for Windows?
May 3, 2022 at 13:03

For Mac, this definitely works:

sudo chmod -R 777 /YourDirectory

answered Dec 9, 2019 at 14:35
Dato Gogshelidze Dato Gogshelidze
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This reminds me of xkcd.com/1217. OP has an issue with a single file, so while changing all rights of all files under the root directory work, it’s almost always a bad solution. It’s like removing all walls of your house just because you lost the key of one door.

File is read only

Может и тупой вопрос,но я только начинаю изучать Java и писал код через Intelliji idea и все пошел спать.На следующий день открываю и не могу изменить код . Пишет file is read only,что делать подскажите

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Александр Работает в безработный
1 марта 2021, 13:17

Хорошая штука этот замочек , нажал и никто случайно не сможет напортачить в твоём коде. Хочу дать совет , если хочется получить ответ на какой то вопрос , то лучше задавать его в разделе помощь или в чате. Я не знаю новичок ты в программировании или нет , но если джава твой первый язык, то я бы советовал начать писать код сначала например в Notepad++, потому, что Intelliji idea многое делает сама, а в Notepad надо самому думать и делать , а это в свою очередь даёт хороший навык думать и набивает руку. Хотя и Intelliji idea наверно можно где то отключить все авто дополнения , но я не нашёл , где это можно сделать.

RedDuck Android Developer
28 февраля 2021, 17:56

Или замочек внизу справа, или через настройки. Но у меня сначала была проблема, что я создавал не class и не package, a просто java-файл. Тогда нон-вритибл почему-то. Тоже посмотри на это, вдруг замочек не поможет.

Влад Java Developer в Tinkoff
27 февраля 2021, 09:15

В правом нижнем углу есть замочек