diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index 4acbc32e7ce..48f04694aa5 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 
 	/* Extra config */
 
-	EDITOR_SETTING(Variant::INT, PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "project_manager/sorting_order", 0, "Name,Path,Last Edited")
+	EDITOR_SETTING(Variant::INT, PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "project_manager/sorting_order", 0, "Last Edited,Name,Path")
 
 	if (p_extra_config.is_valid()) {
 		if (p_extra_config->has_section("init_projects") && p_extra_config->has_section_key("init_projects", "list")) {
diff --git a/editor/project_manager.cpp b/editor/project_manager.cpp
index 2b24c231ea8..08b968edb6f 100644
--- a/editor/project_manager.cpp
+++ b/editor/project_manager.cpp
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ struct ProjectListComparator {
 };
 
 ProjectList::ProjectList() {
-	_order_option = FilterOption::NAME;
+	_order_option = FilterOption::EDIT_DATE;
 	_scroll_children = memnew(VBoxContainer);
 	_scroll_children->set_h_size_flags(Control::SIZE_EXPAND_FILL);
 	add_child(_scroll_children);
@@ -2606,9 +2606,9 @@ ProjectManager::ProjectManager() {
 		hb->add_child(filter_option);
 
 		Vector<String> sort_filter_titles;
+		sort_filter_titles.push_back(TTR("Last Edited"));
 		sort_filter_titles.push_back(TTR("Name"));
 		sort_filter_titles.push_back(TTR("Path"));
-		sort_filter_titles.push_back(TTR("Last Edited"));
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < sort_filter_titles.size(); i++) {
 			filter_option->add_item(sort_filter_titles[i]);
diff --git a/editor/project_manager.h b/editor/project_manager.h
index 00f8cfc7216..a68cc4350cb 100644
--- a/editor/project_manager.h
+++ b/editor/project_manager.h
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ class ProjectDialog;
 class ProjectList;
 
 enum FilterOption {
+	EDIT_DATE,
 	NAME,
 	PATH,
-	EDIT_DATE,
 };
 
 class ProjectManager : public Control {