How can you find unused NuGet packages in solution?

Question

How can you find the unused NuGet packages in a solution?

I\'ve got a number of solutions where there are a lot of installed packages, and a large number of them are

Answer 1

You can use the Visual Studio Extension ResolveUR - Resolve Unused References.

Resolve unused references including nuget references in Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015 projects via menu item at solution and project nodes Solution Explorer Tool Window

It's not an easy task, so I suggest to make a backup and/or commit before, just in order to rollback if something went wrong.