Get results and fix problems

If an inspection has detected a problem in your code, you can quickly apply a fix in the editor. Place the caret at the highlighted piece of code and press Alt+Enter.

IntelliJ IDEA shows an interactive preview next to the quick-fix for some inspections. You can hide and show this preview by pressing Control+Q.

Apply fixes in the Problems tool window

If you have invoked inspections manually, you can examine the results in the Problems tool window that opens automatically after the analysis is finished. All detected problems are listed in the left part of the tool window. Click a problem to display inspection details on the right.

To fix a problem, click the icon on the toolbar or in the context menu. You can also press Alt+Enter and select a suitable fix from the popup menu.
If a problem occurs several times in a file, you can fix all the occurrences at once. Select the problem description, click icon on the toolbar, select the relevant fix, and then select Fix all "<problem description>" in file from the list.

Clean up your code

You can streamline the process of fixing problems in your code by running Code Cleanup. This allows you to batch-apply quick-fixes to the selected scope without examining each problem individually.

During the cleanup, the IDE applies fixes from the code cleanup inspections in the selected inspection profile. To view the list of these inspections, open the Settings dialog by pressing Control+Alt+S and go to Editor | Inspections, click , and enable the Show only cleanup inspections option.

Batch-apply quick-fixes (Code Cleanup)

Go to Code | Code Cleanup.
In the Specify Code Cleanup Scope dialog, select the scope to which you want to apply a profile.
Select the inspection profile from the Inspection profile list, or click Configure to create a new profile.
You can also click Configure to view all code cleanup inspections and their settings.
Click Analyze to launch the cleanup.

IntelliJ IDEA performs code analysis and applies quick-fixes from the selected inspection profile to the detected issues.

Alternatively, you can place the caret at an error in the source code that corresponds to a quick-fix, click the red bulb (suggested quick-fix) that appears on the left, and select Code Cleanup from the menu.

The Specify Code Cleanup Scope dialog

Item	Description
Whole project	Inspect the whole project.
Module <name>	Inspect the module that is currently selected in the Project tool window.
File <name>	Inspect the file that is currently selected in the Project tool window or opened in the editor.
Selected files	Inspect the files that are currently selected in the Project tool window.
Uncommitted files	This scope is only available for the projects under version control. Inspect only the files that have not been committed to the version control system.
Directory	Inspect the directory that is currently selected in the Project tool window.
Custom scope	Inspect a custom scope of files. Select a pre-defined scope from the list, or click and define the scope in the Scopes dialog that opens. Use a special language to define a scope.
Include test sources	Inspect the test sources included in the analysis scope.
Inspect injected code	Inspect pieces of code in other languages embedded in your code.
Inspection profile	Select a profile that you want to use to inspect your code. If the required profile is not in the list, click Configure and create a new profile.

Run Silent Cleanup

You can also run the code cleanup in the silent mode without displaying the Specify Code Cleanup Scope dialog. In this case, the IDE runs the cleanup inspections from the profile that is currently configured in the settings.

Select the node in which you want to clean up your code in the Project tool window Alt+1.
Otherwise, the cleanup will run in the file that is currently opened in the editor.
Go to Code | Analyze Code | Silent Code Cleanup.

Clean up your code before committing it to Git

You can clean up your code in files before they are committed to Git. In this case, the current inspection profile will be applied.

Press Command K or select Git | Commit from the main menu.
In the Commit tool window, click and in the Commit Checks area, select the Cleanup checkbox.
Click Configure and select the required inspection profile from which the IDE will run inspections.
Click Commit.

Automatically clean up your code on save

You can configure the IDE to clean up your code in modified files automatically when your changes are saved.

Press Control+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Tools | Actions on Save.
Enable the Run code cleanup option.
Additionally, you can click Configure inspections to specify the inspection profile from which the IDE will run code cleanup inspections.

Export results

After you run inspections, results are displayed on a dedicated tab of the Problems tool window. You can export them to one of the available formats.

In the Problems tool window (View | Tool Windows | Problems or Alt+6), switch to the tab that contains the inspection results that you want to export and click .
Select the format in which you want to save the report: HTML, Sarif (JSON file formatted according to the SARIF specification), or XML.
The Sarif format is available if the Qodana plugin is enabled.
Specify the target directory and click Save.

Last modified: 16 October 2023