Any reason to clean up unused imports in Java, other than reducing clutter?

Question

Is there any good reason to avoid unused import statements in Java? As I understand it, they are there for the compiler, so lots of unused imports won\'t have any impacts o

Answer 1

There is no any performance impact, though for readability you can make it clean. Removing unused imports is quite simple in both Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA.

Eclipse

Windows / Linux -   Ctrl+Shift+O

Mac -                       Cmd+Shift+O

IntelliJ IDEA or Android Studio

Windows / Linux -   Ctrl+Alt+O

Mac -                       Cmd+Alt+O