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Creating project files

• Last updated: June 18, 2024

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Burp Suite project files enable you to manage your work. You can use projects to store work for specific tasks or target applications.

Each time you start Burp, you are prompted to create or open a project file by the startup wizard.

You can create two types of Burp project:

• Temporary projects are useful for quick tasks where your work doesn't need to be permanently saved. All data is held in memory, and is lost when you exit Burp.
• Disk-based projects enable you to save your work and resume it later. All data is held on disk in a project file.

When you create a project file, you can select the configuration. This enables you to customize the project for particular tasks or clients.

To create a new disk-based project file:

1. Start Burp.
2. Select New project on disk.
3. Enter a name and choose a file, and click Next.

4. Choose from the following configurations:

   • Use Burp defaults - Open the project using Burp's default settings.
   • Use settings saved with project - This is only available when you reopen a project. It opens with the same settings that were selected the last time that you closed the project file.
   • Load from configuration file - Use the settings stored in a Burp configuration file. Only the project-level settings are loaded: user-level settings are ignored. For more information, see Configuration files.
5. Click Start Burp.

Opening a project file

To reopen a project file when Burp starts, select Open existing project in the startup wizard or use command line arguments. Burp reloads the most recent project data and configuration settings.