How to disable blue notification badges on VS Code?

Question

I can't stand these things, any way to turn them off?

Answer 1

To disable the Git badge, you can add this to your settings.json:

"git.countBadge": "off"

I could not find an equivalent setting for the unsaved file counter. However, as a workaround, enabling auto-save with a short delay also disables that badge:

"files.autoSave": "afterDelay"

Answer 2

If you never actually use the Source Control tab, you can right-click and hide it entirely.

That should at least get rid of the distracting flicker that happens a few seconds after every save.