Unused exported type

Reports unused exported types in the main package and in tests. For more information about exported identifiers, refer to Exported identifiers at go.dev.

type User struct {}

func main() {}

The User struct type is declared but never used in the code. This type will be grayed out.

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.

GoUnusedExportedType

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 | Go | Declaration redundancy

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	GoLand 2025.1, Qodana for Go 2025.1,
Can be installed with plugin:	Go, 251.24731

01 April 2025