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Unused local symbol

Reports an unused locally accessible parameter, local variable, function, class, or private member declaration.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

JSUnusedLocalSymbols
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Unused symbols

Inspection ID: JSUnusedLocalSymbols

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Unused local symbol inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore unused parameters

Option ID:

mode

Default value:

Before used

Other available settings:

  • All

  • None

Ignore unused catch parameters

Option ID:

myIgnoreUnusedCatchParameters

Default value:

Selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection JSUnusedLocalSymbols

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025