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title: Unused import access level (UnusedImportAccess)
framework: swift-compiler
role: article
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path: swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/unused-import-access
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# Unused import access level (UnusedImportAccess)

## Overview

Overview A public or package import was not referenced in any declarations at the corresponding access level. A public import is expected to be used either by public declarations or by function bodies that are exposed to other modules using an attribute like @inlinable. A package import is expected to be used by package declarations. If the imported module is not referenced in any declarations with the corresponding access level then its access level can be reduced to avoid exposing unnecessary dependencies. To resolve this warning, either lower the access level of the import or remove it if it is unused entirely. If the module is built with -enable-upcoming-feature InternalImportsByDefault, the access level can be omitted to make the import internal.

## See Also

- [@dynamicCallable implementation requirements (DynamicCallable)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/dynamic-callable-requirements.md)
- [Add @preconcurrency import (AddPreconcurrencyImport)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/add-preconcurrency-import.md)
- [Always enabled availability domains (AlwaysAvailableDomain)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/always-available-domain.md)
- [Argument matching for trailing closures (TrailingClosureMatching)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/trailing-closure-matching.md)
- [Calling a mutating async actor-isolated method (ActorIsolatedMutatingAsync)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/actor-isolated-mutating-async.md)
- [Calling an actor-isolated method from a synchronous nonisolated context (ActorIsolatedCall)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/actor-isolated-call.md)
- [Captures in a `@Sendable` closure (SendableClosureCaptures)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/sendable-closure-captures.md)
- [Compilation caching (CompilationCaching)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/compilation-caching.md)
- [Conforming to `StringInterpolationProtocol` (StringInterpolationConformance)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/string-interpolation-conformance.md)
- [Conversion from `@isolated(any)` function type to synchronous function type (ConversionFromIsolatedAnyToSynchronous)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/conversion-from-isolated-any-to-synchronous.md)
- [Cross-isolation data race (RegionIsolationCrossIsolationDataRace)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/region-isolation-cross-isolation-data-race.md)
- [Deprecated declaration warnings (DeprecatedDeclaration)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/deprecated-declaration.md)
- [Deprecated implementation-only imports (ImplementationOnlyDeprecated)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/implementation-only-deprecated.md)
- [Dynamic exclusivity (DynamicExclusivity)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/dynamic-exclusivity.md)
- [Embedded Swift language restrictions (EmbeddedRestrictions)](swift-compiler/documentation/diagnostics/embedded-restrictions.md)