Previously, I used to be able to do CMD+SHIFT+p > Organize imports and this would both sort and delete unused imports. This functionality seems to have broken.

How can I delete unused imports quickly with one mand?

Current workaround is: click on unused import, CMD+. > Delete unused imports.

Languages for which this is applicable (typescript, typescriptreact, javascript, javascriptreact).

I have confirmed VS code is using a recent version of typescript unlike people in this post

Previously, I used to be able to do CMD+SHIFT+p > Organize imports and this would both sort and delete unused imports. This functionality seems to have broken.

How can I delete unused imports quickly with one mand?

Current workaround is: click on unused import, CMD+. > Delete unused imports.

Languages for which this is applicable (typescript, typescriptreact, javascript, javascriptreact).

I have confirmed VS code is using a recent version of typescript unlike people in this post

• javascript
• typescript
• visual-studio-code

• 2 I believe it was introduced with typescript 4.6 on feb 28 – Guillaume Esquevin Commented Apr 28, 2022 at 10:06
• Can you show VS Code's settings.json – geertjanknapen Commented Apr 28, 2022 at 10:07
• I have "Organize imports" enabled on file saves, so whenever I save a file or have it automatically save (I have that also enabled) it automatically organizes imports. – k.tten Commented Apr 28, 2022 at 14:08
• I think you misunderstood @kellys – david_adler Commented Apr 28, 2022 at 16:04
• 1 @david_adler Are you on macOS? I'm on mac, maybe that has something to do with it? – nullptr Commented May 5, 2022 at 9:47

3 Answers 3

It turns out that Organize Imports does actually work as expected but it was conflicting with the Deno plugin.

I found this out by using the amazingly useful Extension Bisect feature which is built into Visual Studio Code. Extension Bisect disables half your extensions and asks you to check if the issue persists. This process is repeated until only a single extension is left. I strongly remend trying it out via CMD+SHIFT+P > Start Extension Bisect

Turns out my issue is a duplicate of this GitHub issue.

In v1.73 there should be a mand (it is in Insiders already) to remove all unused imports, see Merged PR: Add removeUnusedImports mand:

{
  "key": "",
  "mand": "javascript.removeUnusedImports"
},

{
  "key": "",
  "mand": "typescript.removeUnusedImports"
}

These are unbound by default and although they are in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor they don't appear in the Command Pallette for some reason.

Previous answer which may still help some:

There does not appear to be a built-in way to access the delete all imports functionality. But you can install the Remove Unused Imports extension

VS Code extension to remove unused ES6 imports inside JavaScript and TypeScript files (.js, .jsx, .ts and .tsx extensions) without changing the current order, as opposed to the built-in VS Code "Organize Imports" functionality.

and

try this keybinding:

{
  "key": "cmd+shift+r",            // or whatever you want
  "mand": "remove-unused-imports.main",
}

It looks like this is now built in. First, you'll see that unused imports are greyed out. There's a lightbulb for code actions, and that includes a menu for deleting all unused imports.