How to disable “Access can be package-private” message in IntelliJ?

Question

Developing an API, the warning message \"Access can be package-package\" in Java classes can be really annoying.

I\'ve already spent some time going through the setting

Answer 1

Move the cursor to public , press Alt + Enter and choose one of the options:

Answer 2

Another solution not mentioned so far: if you have a method that's declared public, and the IDE is telling you that there are no references to the method from outside the package, then perhaps you need to add a test case that calls that method from outside the package. In other words, treat the warning as signalling the absence of a test case for a public method.

Answer 3

The inspection rule is "Declaration access can be weaker" and there are two options which can be disabled "Suggest package-private visibility level..."

Answer 4

Go to Settings → Editor → Inspections then Java → Declaration redundancy → Declaration access can be weaker rule.
Here you can either disable it at all or select the suggestion options on the right pane:

Answer 5

To disable on a case by case basis, use

@SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")