Remove Project From Launcher Without Deleting

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Not sure if this will work for others, this worked for me.
Ensure Epic Launcher is completely closed, check it is not running minimized in taskbar.

  1. , Delete the Epic Launcher config settings by Find the config file Game user settings.ini in
    %localappdata%\EpicGamesLauncher\Saved\Config\Windows\

  2. Open GameUserSettings.ini

  3. Edit the lines under [Launcher] section . eg. remove the lines for directories you do not wish to include "CreatedProjectPaths= "

  4. Save the file. At this point the UE installation saved configs still need to be updated too or this wont work…

  5. Also do this in each of the unreal installations you have under %localappdata%\UnrealEngine[UEversion number]\Saved\Config\Windows\EditorSettings.ini

–may sometimes be under the %localappdata%\UnrealEngine[UEversion number]\Saved\Config*WindowsNoEditor*\EditorSettings.ini

Just remove the lines with the paths you don’t want to show up eg. RecentlyOpenedProjectFiles=C:/Users/[YourUserName]/Documents/
and the
"CreatedProjectPaths= "

Restart the Epic Launcher and your project library should be cleaned up with the files still safe not deleted. If you wish to add the projects back to the launcher just open Unreal and browse to the project and it should be added the next time you open the Epic launcher again.

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