How do I prevent Visual Studio from automatically adding unneeded includes in VB modules

Question

I often copy modules from one project to another and often times Visual Studio will add several includes at the top of the class. When surveying through source code I find unnecessary includes have been added. If an include is needed I want compilation to fail rather than have it added automatically. How do I turn this off?

Answer 1

Hi @David McDivitt , You can uncheck Add missing imports on paste.

It is available in Options→Text Editor→ Visual Basic→Advanced→ Import Directives.

Best Regards.
Jiachen Li
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Answer 2

Even with the option (Options→Text Editor→ Visual Basic→Advanced→ Import Directives.) switched off, and after restarting Visual Studio, it continues to adding Imports to my code.

My version is Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 (64-bit) - Version 17.13.2