How to clean up unused resource files in Android Studio

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I just completed my android app. I want to clean up the unused layout files and other resource files such as images and drawables and strings which are not referenced in the actual code. How do I do that? Is there any option to do this in Android Studio?

Does this answer your question? [Remove all unused resources from an android project](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6373482/remove-all-unused-resources-from-an-android-project) — Richard Le Mesurier, Mar 23 '22 at 05:44

score 19 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '16 at 11:32

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You can able to remove unused resources by following way.

Analyze > Inspect Code and find Unused Declarations and Methods.
Android Studio -> Menu -> Refactor -> Remove Unused Resources.

answered Oct 08 '16 at 11:32

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Beware of running the automatic Removal these days. The detection phase is not 100% perfect, given current tooling. – Richard Le Mesurier Mar 23 '22 at 05:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '20 at 12:23

You can easily search for unused resources from Android Studio. Select res folder -> Just press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+i and type "unused resources" (without quotes). That will execute lint. Super easy way to run lint commands (and other stuff from IDE).

Click on remove all unused resources.

How to clean up unused resource files in Android Studio

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