Donovan Brown

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Hide folders in Visual Studio Code Explorer

26 February 2016 Donovan-Brown Work (15)

Problem:

I have a lot more files and folders on disk than I want to show in Visual Studio Code.

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Solution:

Use the files.exclude setting to hide folders and files.

Explanation:

  1. Press F1
  2. Type settings
  3. Select Open Workspace Settings
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  4. On the right side type files.exclude and press Enter
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  5. Add additional entries and save the file
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  6. Enjoy your new clean Explorer
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Comments (15) -

  • Mike Ratcliffe

    10/12/2017 9:48:33 AM | Reply

    You should mention that after changing the workspace setting you need to restart VSCode.

    • Donovan

      10/13/2017 12:18:45 PM | Reply

      Interesting because I have never had to restart for those changes to take effect.

    • Tim

      7/26/2018 9:18:08 PM | Reply

      I just did it and didn't have to restart vscode. In fact, as soon as I saved the settings.json file the node_modules folder disappeared.

  • Anonymous

    10/22/2017 3:34:35 AM | Reply

    Beautiful, thanks!

  • Supan Adit Pratama

    10/29/2017 11:57:28 AM | Reply

    Thanks

  • chris bandit

    12/4/2017 4:49:11 PM | Reply

    This has improved the quality of my life significantly. You're a good man Smile

  • Sathiyaseelan

    9/11/2018 7:39:35 AM | Reply

    Thanks

  • Muhanad YOUNIS

    10/16/2018 6:38:28 AM | Reply

    greate thanks.

  • Enes Bala

    2/4/2019 11:26:14 PM | Reply

    Just what I needed! Thanks a lot!

  • Dylan Wang

    2/22/2019 11:58:25 AM | Reply

    This saves lives! Thank you

  • Sumanth

    4/3/2019 3:05:42 AM | Reply

    Thank you Donovan

  • AlaaEddin

    7/1/2019 10:05:02 PM | Reply

    Nice, but is there any shortcut to show/hide these files for quick editing any of them?

  • Zohaib Zameer

    8/19/2019 7:13:37 AM | Reply

    Keep up the good work!

  • Mojtabaa

    1/4/2020 12:02:06 PM | Reply

    Thanks A Lot !

  • ivar

    10/6/2020 5:26:40 AM | Reply

    Great.. Thanks for the tip.. !!

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