Is there a way to remove unused imports for Python in VS Code?

Question

I would really like to know if there is some Extension in Visual Studio Code or other means that could help identify and remove any unused imports.

I have quite a large number of imports like this and it's getting close to 40 lines. I know some of them aren't in use, the problem is removing them safely.

from django.core.mail import EmailMultiAlternatives, send_mail from django.template.loader import render_to_string from django.utils.html import strip_tags from rest_framework import routers, serializers, viewsets, status from rest_framework.views import APIView from rest_framework.response import Response from django.contrib.auth.models import User 

Answer 1

Go to the User Settings json file and add the following:

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

This should remove the unused python imports automatically.

More suggestions here: How can I check for unused import in many Python files?

Answer 2

Interestingly, the accepted answer does not address the question - how to remove unused imports.

Pylint does not modify code, it does linting.

Admittedly i still haven't found a great solution for python, but here's what I've seen:

1.

As noted in this answer, VSCode has a basic builtin option to auto-organise imports, didn't work that well for me - your mileage may vary:

option + Shift + O for Mac

Alt + Shift + O

If this does the trick for you, you can also do it on save in VSCodes settings using:

"editor.codeActionsOnSave": {   "source.organizeImports": true } 

2.

A module called autoflake can do this, e.g:

autoflake --in-place --remove-unused-variables example.py 

But again, mileage may vary..

Note

I saw an issue logged in the vscode github noting that the "quick fix" functionality is broken, and the vscode team indicated it was an issue with the vscode python plugin.. might be fixed soon..?