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IntelliJ IDEA: how to disable automatic replacement of wildcard imports with individual imports?

Hello everyone! I'm a beginner Java developer, switched to IntelliJ IDEA and noticed strange behavior. When I write, for example, `import java.util.*;`, the IDE automatically expands it into a bunch of individual imports: `import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set;` and so on. This is extremely annoying because I intentionally use wildcard imports to make the code shorter and cleaner. Especially when working with test classes or quick prototypes. Here's an example: I write ```java import java.util.*; import java.io.*; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { List list = new ArrayList<>(); File file = new File("test.txt"); } } ``` But after pressing Ctrl+Alt+O (optimize imports) or simply saving the file, IDEA turns