.project is out of sync with the file system Eclipse

Question

I am getting below issue in eclipse project

Could not set the project description for 'web-portal' because the project description file (.project) is out of sync with the file system.

I tried below things

Build whole workspace again and again
Right Click on project->Refresh
Run mvn -U eclipse:eclipse
Refresh whole workplace

But issue is not going to resolve. Can anyone suggest How to resolve this issue?

EDIT:-

Whoever mentioned this question as a duplicate please at please read the content of the question Whatever solution provided in the link its not a proper solution and also its not going to resolve the problem .

While i already checked the option given lots of places

You might be able to find your answer in this similar thread: [avoiding "resource is out of sync with the filesystem"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4343735/avoiding-resource-is-out-of-sync-with-the-filesystem) — nbokmans, Jan 20 '16 at 08:51
@nbokmans That i already read and tried also mentioned in my question as well. — Subodh Joshi, Jan 20 '16 at 08:52
Whoever mark this question as a duplicate please read the question first — Subodh Joshi, Jan 20 '16 at 08:56
I have read your question, and I have also read the thread I linked in the comments. There are multiple solutions in that thread that you haven't tried yet, according to this thread. — nbokmans, Jan 20 '16 at 08:58
@nbokmans There is no difference between resource and .class-path ? — Subodh Joshi, Jan 20 '16 at 09:00
Create a new project and copy the meta files .project, .classpath etc to ur old project and clean the project . Give F5 in the project explorer — madhairsilence, Jan 20 '16 at 09:03
@madhairsilence How it will work ? By copying the files from another project? — Subodh Joshi, Jan 20 '16 at 09:16
just delete target folder in your workspace then run mvn command — Himanshu, Jan 20 '16 at 10:04
@Himanshu Delete target folder will not help because .classpath not exist in target folder — Subodh Joshi, Jan 20 '16 at 10:06
@Subodh Joshi try to delete the .project, .classpath and .settings then change the workplace and re-open the project using eclipse — Thilina Rubasingha, Jan 20 '16 at 10:13
@SubodhJoshi See .project is just a reference file.. u can replace and once u open ur project and sync, it will overwrite it — madhairsilence, Jan 20 '16 at 11:01

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 12:19

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For me closing and opening project worked.

answered Feb 03 '17 at 12:19

Dean Koštomaj

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This is the quickest workaround I've found also. (I get the issue in Gradle / Buildship, usually after switching branches.) – Luke Usherwood May 24 '17 at 10:37
I've encountered the same problem after I have edited a file using another IDE. I've tried cleaning the project and rebuild it a few times. But after restarting recipes the problem was gone. – Khandakar Rashed Hassan Jul 28 '20 at 06:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '22 at 11:04

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ALT+F5 will do the work, or just go to: Right click on project folder -> Maven -> Update project

Hope that helps!

answered Sep 28 '22 at 11:04

Leandro Pais

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.project is out of sync with the file system Eclipse

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