Unnecessary '@OptIn' annotation

Reports unnecessary opt-in annotations that can be safely removed.

@OptIn annotation is required for the code using experimental APIs that can change any time in the future. This annotation becomes useless and possibly misleading if no such API is used (e.g., when the experimental API becomes stable and does not require opting in its usage anymore).

Remove annotation quick-fix can be used to remove the unnecessary @OptIn annotation.

Example:

  @OptIn(ExperimentalApi::class)
  fun foo(x: Bar) {
      x.baz()
  }

After the quick-fix is applied:

  fun foo(x: Bar) {
      x.baz()
  }

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.

UnnecessaryOptInAnnotation

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 | Kotlin | Redundant constructs

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 UnnecessaryOptInAnnotation

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

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025