How do you turn off version control in android studio?

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I set up my Github with android studio, everything worked fine, the problem now is though, that I can't seem to turn off, or get out of version control to use the IDE normally again.

This means that errors aren't shown, and it is really hard to debug because of this.

So how do I turn off version control (VCS) in Android Studio?

As in if you spell a word wrong or variable name wrong, the error doesn't show when in VCS mode. It means you might not see it until running the application when it crashes. — Daniel Scott, Jun 10 '13 at 17:41

score 256 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 17 '22 at 11:55

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To disable VCS in Android Studio on a Mac do the following:

Android Studio > Preferences...

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In the Preferences window, select Version Control and under Directory choose VCS dropdown to be <none>

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Don't forget to click "Apply" in the general Preferences buttons at the bottom.

For 2022...

It would seem that Android Studio nowadays does not automatically start with version control turned on for a new project.

The default seems to be "off" at the beginning of a new project.

(It does conveniently make a ".gitignore" file for you but it does not default to trying to use version control.)

However, if later you do manually yourself start using git in the folder in question, Studio does turn on vcs inside Studio, i.e. exactly as seen in the image above. In that case you'll have turn it off inside Studio, exactly as shown above.

edited Jun 17 '22 at 11:55

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answered Oct 22 '13 at 15:48

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@JoeBlow I am currently using Android Studio for a production app. I have hit a couple of small bumps along the way in earlier versions, but haven't had any huge problems in a while. That being said, the project I am working with is not a gradle project. With gradle YMMV. – Adam Johns May 09 '14 at 13:20
Thanks a ton , i was getting some errors with git and i'm just learning stuff and did;nt need Version control after all – Sainath S.R Dec 28 '14 at 09:58
Should you also delete the Git folder and the gitignore.txt from your Android project folder?? – joshgoldeneagle Oct 28 '15 at 18:05
Works as well if I want to turn it on :) – Liuting Nov 23 '15 at 16:03
It is proper and useful steps – Parth Patel Nov 27 '18 at 07:34
But as long as the Android Studio is reopened, VCS/git starts automatically. – Rawnak Yazdani Sep 06 '21 at 16:55

score 64 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 07 '17 at 14:49

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In Android Studio 1.2.x

FILE -> SETTINGS -> VERSION CONTROL

Here the root is shown, Press (-) button to delete.

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answered Jun 01 '15 at 09:19

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Works for AS 2.2 as well. – Kevin S. Miller Sep 28 '16 at 00:18
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Don't forget to click 'Apply'. – Siva Prakash Nov 02 '16 at 18:25

score 20 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

The other answers weren't working for me, so I am adding my solution.

This message was driving me crazy:

I had trouble with the other suggestions, as my settings was not allowing me to save changes for version control none.

So I went into Version Control / Ignored Files and removed all ignored files for that project.

Then when I clicked back on Version Control

I found this in this answer here.

score 19 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 11 '13 at 07:30

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VCS is a project specific setting which you can modify by going to File -> Settings then checking under the Version Control heading.

Alternatively, you could disable a specific VCS plugin under the Plugins heading.

Note: I have not used GitHub as VCS, but you should still be getting error display (syntax checking) in the IDE. VCS usage should not disable that, since that would make the use of an IDE completely pointless.

answered Jun 11 '13 at 07:30

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+1 for plugin drop. If you don't want to keep doing this per project, or deal with the "unregistered roots" issues, disabling the plugins (Git, GitHub, Subversion, Mercurial) is the only true way to go. I use version control from an external shell or GUI, and never want it in my IDE. – delrocco Feb 20 '20 at 02:03
@delrocco Yeah, the "unregistered roots" issue drove me crazy and this solved the problem. – Jenix Jun 24 '20 at 18:50

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 20 '16 at 18:24

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You can delete vcs.xml file and it will remove the VCS connected with your app. 'vcs.xml' file can be found in this location "YourProject\ .idea\vcs.xml"

answered Nov 20 '16 at 18:24

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score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Dec 13 '22 at 15:34

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Project > .idea > vcs.xml

change vcs value to 'none'

Note : only current enabled project.

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answered Dec 09 '22 at 11:55

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How do you turn off version control in android studio?

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