PyCharm 2019.3 Help

Networking in PyCharm

PyCharm requires Internet connection for a wide variety of tasks. For example:

Besides that, PyCharm provides IPC for commands (for example, open files), and the built-in Web server.

Some of the communication requirements are configurable:

  • To turn off checking for updates, open the Settings | Updates page, and clear the Check for updates in channel checkbox.

  • To disable code inspection that highlights dead links, open the Settings | Inspections page, and clear the checkbox to the left of the HTML inspection Non-existent web resources.

  • You can control the frequency of sending usage statistics, or even completely disable this function in the page Settings | Usage statistics.

Last modified: 2 April 2020