How do I disable Scan for external changes and refresh changes in Netbeans IDE

Netbeans IDE How do I disable Scan for external changes, manually reload project files and folders to sync with the OS file system.

This tutorial shows you how to disable and enable external scans for external files and folder changes in Netbeans.

Disable Scan for external changes

To disable the scan for external source changes, Please follow the below steps.

Open Netbeans
Select Tools + Options
It opens the Options window
Select Miscellionus Tab
Uncheck Enable of auto-scanning changes

Manually refresh files and folders in Netbeans

To reload specific files or folders to sync with the file system, please follow the below steps.

Open Netbeans
Select the project, Right click on it
It opens the Context window
Select Reload Tab
It automatically syncs and scans project files and folders from OS file system changes.