How to stop a single VS Code extension from auto update?

Question

Some of my vs code extension update every day, and I have a limited amount of internet bandwidth, is it possible to stop a specific extension from the auto update?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible (and simple):

In the package.json of the extension, you will find a metadata section that look like so:

"__metadata": {
    "id": "0fcefdee-e09c-4b96-9998-f5dc891893dd",
    "publisherId": "1e02cadf-73ee-47be-8772-75da47b7921f",
    "publisherDisplayName": "Robert Plant"
}

Rename the id field, as "OLD id".

Below the OLD id line, add the following line

"id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

You will end up with:

"__metadata": {
     "OLD id": "0fcefdee-e09c-4b96-9998-f5dc891893dd",
     "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
     "publisherId": "1e02cadf-73ee-47be-8772-75da47b7921f",
     "publisherDisplayName": "Robert Plant"
}

You might have to reload the window and/or to disable/reenable the extension.

NB: If you need to do it for more than one extension, you will need to give each one a different id, otherwise, it won't work:

00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002
Etc.

That's it!

Answer 2

So far, there are only settings for controlling all of your extensions. You can use the settings below:

{
  "extensions.autoCheckUpdates": false,
  "extensions.autoUpdate": false
}

Of course, you can always submit a feature request for controlling specific extensions individually.