Detect unused imports in visual studio code for python 3?

Question

I am subscribing to this issue about warning unused imports for python in visual studio code.

I am not particular about whether it's squiggle or gray out. But I am not certain if this feature is available based on the discussion or there's a workaround using a linter.

I am okay either way so long some detection is available.

I am using pylint as linter for now. Would be okay to use other linter so long I can detect unused imports.

And I do not want to auto remove unused imports.

This is what I see despite turning on pylint. I have purposely added an unused import. And I am not seeing any problems in this file.

Answer 1

Update/create VSCode user settings

"python.linting.pylintEnabled": true, "python.linting.pylintArgs": [     "--enable=W0614" ] 

this works for me in Python 3.6.7 / 3.6.8

Answer 2

The Python extension for VS Code does not support warning about unused imports in its language server yet. But if you want Pylint to warn you, create a .pylintrc and and turn on the W0611 warning.