Step 1: Open your Android Studio, Go to file >> settings or simply press ctrl + alt + s , new window appears there which looks like this. Step 2: From side menu, click Gradle and check Offline work under Global Gradle setting and hit OK button, file >> settings >> Gradle . Step 3: Again, Go to file >> setting and click Compiler from side menu and then type –offline in the command-line options box and hit OK button. Note: After Completing these all ways you should restart your Android Studio. Improve Gradle Performance After opening android studio, open gradle.properties file from right side of android studio and add the following two lines. org.gradle.daemon=true org.gradle.parallel=true Look at this screenshot to add these two lines in gradle.properties file: Note: After Completing these all ways, you should restart your Android Studio. Use Real Device to Compile Android Project We all know that we should always test our application on a real device before releasing any application. If you use real device instead of android emulator any time (running, debugging, and testing your applications) if possible, that helps you to run your project fast and Android Studio too. If you are unable to use real device, don’t use android default emulator as that makes your android studio slow. Instead of using default emulator, I recommend you to use Genymotion Android Emulator . Genymotion is one of the popular android emulators and this runs fast and smooth. If you have any other ways to speed up android studio, feel free to post your answer in the comment box.