Closing an RStudio project programmatically

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The rstudioapipackage has a function openProject() with which one can non-interactively open an existing R Studio project.

In fact, there are functions in the same package for initializing/creating R Studio projects. However, I could not find anything in the documentation for closing or shutting down a project and moving into a regular R session.

How can this be done, if at all?

cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/rstudioapi/vignettes/… says you can reopen the same project, or move to another. That indirectly closes the project for another. — zacdav
– zacdav, Commented May 21, 2018 at 12:05
Yes, I'm aware of that. What I want is not to have any other active .Rproj — BroVic
– BroVic, Commented May 21, 2018 at 13:35
I don't think there's a way to do that. I suspect the RStudio people would say that working in a project is the regular way to work. — user2554330
– user2554330, Commented May 21, 2018 at 14:04

coip · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-28 15:53:04Z

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I realize this is old, but for those still looking, there is a function now using the rstudioapi package:

rstudioapi::executeCommand('closeProject')

edited Jan 28, 2022 at 15:53

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Jonathan · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-21 23:47:28Z

There's no way to do this. I'd suggest filing an issue on the rstudioapi package issues page if you'd like to request the feature:

https://github.com/rstudio/rstudioapi/issues

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