How to prevent IntelliJ IDEA from deleting unused packages?

Question

I\'m working with intelliJ and my problem is when I start to import some temporary unused packages into my class file intellij delete those line within a second.

how

Answer 1

Disable File | Settings | Editor | General | Auto Import | Optimize imports on the fly.

Normally you don't need to add imports manually, IDEA does it for you.

Answer 2

(Update) For the Scala developers out there, you can have 1/2 the cake and eat the other 1/2 now: disable the auto-optimize for just scala

Answer 3

For Scala developers: you can have enabled

Settings > Editor > General > Auto Import > Optimize imports on the fly

but add exclusions into

Settings > Editor > Code Style > Scala > Imports always marked as used:

Answer 4

In Intellij 14 : Settings > Editor > General > Auto Import > Optimize imports on the fly.