autoflake
Remove unused imports and variables from Python code
TLDR
Preview changes as a diff without modifying the file
$ autoflake [file.py]
Remove all unused imports in place$ autoflake --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports [file.py]
Remove unused imports recursively from all Python files$ autoflake --in-place --remove-all-unused-imports -r [.]
Check without modifying and exit non-zero if changes are needed$ autoflake --check [file.py]
Remove unused imports and variables in place$ autoflake --in-place --remove-unused-variables --remove-all-unused-imports [file.py]
SYNOPSIS
autoflake [--in-place] [--remove-unused-variables] [options] files
DESCRIPTION
autoflake removes unused imports and variables from Python code. It helps keep code clean by eliminating dead code automatically.The tool uses static analysis to identify unused elements and can modify files in place or report issues.
PARAMETERS
-i, --in-place
Modify files directly instead of printing a diff-s, --stdout
Write the result to standard output--remove-unused-variables
Remove unused variables--remove-all-unused-imports
Remove all unused imports, not just standard-library ones--ignore-init-module-imports
Leave imports in _init_.py files untouched--expand-star-imports
Expand wildcard imports (from x import *) when names can be resolved--remove-duplicate-keys
Remove duplicate keys in dictionary literals--check
Exit non-zero if changes are needed, without modifying files (CI mode)--check-diff
Like --check, but also print the diff of proposed changes-r, --recursive
Process directories recursively-j n, --jobs n
Number of parallel jobs (0 uses all CPU cores)--exclude globs
Exclude files and directories matching the comma-separated globs--imports modules
Comma-separated list of additional modules whose unused imports should be removed
INSTALL
nix profile install nixpkgs#autoflake
CAVEATS
May incorrectly identify imports used only in type hints. Does not handle all edge cases. Review changes before committing. Works well with other formatters like black.
HISTORY
autoflake was created to automate cleanup of unused Python imports, complementing code formatters and linters.
