Code inspection: Multiple Shaders with the same name found

This inspection reports a shader name string that resolves to more than one ShaderLab shader with the same name.

In Unity, shader references such as Shader.Find("Name") are expected to point to a single shader. If several shaders share that name, the reference is ambiguous and it is unclear which shader the code is intended to use.

Example

                using UnityEngine;
                public class Example : MonoBehaviour
                {
                    void Start()
                    {
                        var shader = Shader.Find("Custom/MyShader");
                    }
                }
            

                using UnityEngine;
                public class Example : MonoBehaviour
                {
                    void Start()
                    {
                        var shader = Shader.Find("Custom/MyUniqueShader");
                    }
                }
            

How to fix

There is no dedicated quick-fix. The usual fix is to rename or remove duplicate shaders so the reference resolves to exactly one shader.

14 April 2026