Redundant closing tag

Reports redundant closing tags on empty elements, for example, img or br.

Example:

  <html>
    <body>
      <br></br>
    </body>
  </html>

After the quick-fix is applied:

  <html>
    <body>
      <br>
    </body>
  </html>

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.

HtmlExtraClosingTag

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 | HTML

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	CLion 2025.1, DataGrip 2025.1, DataSpell 2025.1, GoLand 2025.1, IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, JetBrains Rider 2024.3, PhpStorm 2024.3, PyCharm 2025.1, Qodana for .NET 2024.3, Qodana for Go 2025.1, Qodana for JS 2025.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.3, Qodana for PHP 2024.3, Qodana for Ruby 2025.1, RubyMine 2025.1, WebStorm 2025.1
Can be installed with plugin:	IDEA CORE, 251.24734

01 April 2025