Bitwise expression can be simplified

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

PointlessBitwiseExpressionJS

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Bitwise operation issues

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Bitwise expression can be simplified inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Ignore named constant in determining pointless expressions

Option ID:

m_ignoreExpressionsContainingConstants

Default value:

Not selected

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection PointlessBitwiseExpressionJS

note

Actual comment syntax will depend on the code language you are working with

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

• CLion 2025.2

• GoLand 2025.2

• IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

• JetBrains Rider 2025.2

• PhpStorm 2025.2

• PyCharm 2025.2

• RubyMine 2025.2

• WebStorm 2025.2