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.