how to completely remove vs-code setting?

Question

After I uninstalled vs-code the popup message appeared:

Your extensions and settings will not be removed.

Now I want to remove all of the vs-code settings and install it as a new user. How can I do this?

score 111 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 15 '23 at 16:38

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If you want to completely delete settings, go to %AppData%\Code and delete the whole folder. Then uninstall and install it again.

If you want to delete all extensions too, delete the extensions folder on %UserProfile%\.vscode.

edited Aug 15 '23 at 16:38

T.Todua

answered Sep 23 '18 at 00:52

Diogo Rocha

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copy pastable paths: %AppData%\Code %userprofile%\.vscode – Aurimas Stands with Ukraine Oct 14 '19 at 07:37
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what about macos – Naman Jain Jul 22 '20 at 23:56
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Guide for MacOs: https://medium.com/@jimkang/complete-uninstall-remove-vscode-mac-5e48bef3bdec – Xaver Fleer Oct 17 '20 at 11:04
on linux on your home folder type ll and find the hidden folder .vscode and run command word of caution, please be careful with this rm -rf command as this is dangerous when not use right. ``` sudo rm -rf .vscode ``` – denmg Nov 29 '20 at 06:22
This is really bad advice you are going to mess up vscode. – HansDev Mar 31 '21 at 20:06
If your vscode is disconnected from wsl, also remove the bin folder in `/home/your-user/.vscode-server/bin` with `rm -r` – Tito Leiva Apr 12 '21 at 21:13

score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '21 at 20:07

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Although you can use rm to do this its safer to use the code command line. Example: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/command-line

answered Mar 31 '21 at 20:07

HansDev

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