Eclipse: How to disable welcome screen?

The welcome screen is displayed whenever you first open eclipse with a new workspace. Once you close the welcome screen, this is noted in the workspace, and on a restart of eclipse with the same workspace, you will not see it again until you either use the menu Help/Welcome or switch to a new workspace.

Note that you may have to really close the Welcome screen via the 'x' in its title tab; not just hide or minimize it.


  1. Open Eclipse
  2. Uncheck the box in the bottom right hand corner (Show every time)
  3. Close the welcome screen

Follow the following steps for Eclipse Neon:

  1. Go to Eclipse_Home\plugins
  2. Take backup of the below jars and remove them from the above path
    1. org.eclipse.ui.intro.quicklinks_.jar
    2. org.eclipse.ui.intro.universal_.jar
    3. org.eclipse.ui.intro_.jar
  3. Step 3: Restart Eclipse