How to get install history for Visual Studio Code extensions

Question

Is there a log or something that leaves a record for when a particular Extension was installed for Visual Studio Code?

I'm trying to debug some settings that may have been altered and I'd like to work my way backwards uninstalling extensions I've added.

Answer 1

The installation of extensions is indeed logged in files called sharedprocess.log. On Windows, the location is C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Code\logs\<Timestamp>. Here's an example:

[2018-03-22 02:24:05.264] [sharedprocess] [info] Installing extension: vscode-table-formatter
[2018-03-22 02:24:06.142] [sharedprocess] [info] Downloaded extension: vscode-table-formatter
[2018-03-22 02:24:07.531] [sharedprocess] [info] Extracted extension to C:\Users\<User>\.vscode\extensions\shuworks.vscode-table-formatter-1.2.1: shuworks.vscode-table-formatter-1.2.1
[2018-03-22 02:24:07.565] [sharedprocess] [info] Updated metadata of the extension: shuworks.vscode-table-formatter-1.2.1
[2018-03-22 02:24:07.565] [sharedprocess] [info] Extensions installed successfully: shuworks.vscode-table-formatter

However, why not just open ~/.vscode/extensions in your file explorer and sort by date? That seems much simpler. :)