Question: It seems that, from [Google Cloud Console](https://cloud.google.com/console#c=l) there is no way to delete a project.

> 
> Note: As of 2013-09-19 this is no longer an issue because
>  Google had fixed it.  
> 
>  - Now you can click on the check box and then
>  click delete
> 
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>

Answer: 
As of Dec 30, 2017, this appears to be different (yet again). I did the following. 

Logon to the Google Cloud Console, Select IAM & Admin then Settings (from hamburger menu on top-left nav-bar). This is a cascading menu. After choosing that I saw the following.

[![IAM & Admin Settings page](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pEOsZ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pEOsZ.png)

On the bottom left of the screen is a button/link labeled Manage resources, click on it.

After clicking on it, I saw the following screen, on which I selected the project name I wanted to delete and clicked the Delete ICON/button.

[![Click on Delete](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tEhZJ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tEhZJ.png)

Then I was asked if I wanted to "SHUTDOWN" the project and to do so I had to enter the project ID number, so I did and then clicked on the SHUTDOWN button/link.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zQAoI.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zQAoI.png)

Hope this helps someone. The others answers did help me out but were not the exact steps I had to follow.

Important Note: The terms "Shutting Down" a project and "Deleteting a Project" seem to mean the same thing, so if you stumble across something that says "Shutdown the project" you have likely come across another way to "delete the project".
Just found that Google doesn't allow you to delete project in old console anymore. For now, you need to click on project, then "Billing & Settings", you will find delete button there.