Code inspection: Redundant empty 'finally' block

This inspection reports a finally block that is completely empty. An empty finally block does not add any behavior, so it only makes the control flow harder to read.

Example

                class C
                {
                    int GetValue()
                    {
                        try
                        {
                            return 1;
                        }
                        finally
                        {
                        }
                    }
                }
            

                class C
                {
                    int GetValue()
                    {
                        return 1;
                    }
                }
            

Quick-fix

Remove the empty finally block. If the try statement also contains catch blocks, the quick-fix removes only the empty finally.

13 April 2026