How do I factory reset Visual Studio Code?

Question

I started to learn one language and moved to a different one. I want to start with that language with a fresh code editor. But I don't know how to reset Visual Studio Code and delete all my data. How do I do that? Do I need to delete folders? I'm quite new to VS Code.

Answer 1

You can delete VSCode related data completely by deleting both of these or if you just want to reset your editor just delete the .vscode folder in your user profile.

To delete user data directory Code:

• Windows %APPDATA%\Code
• macOS $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code
• Linux $HOME/.config/Code

To delete the extensions and other related data, delete the folder named .vscode:

• Windows %USERPROFILE%\.vscode
• macOS ~/.vscode/
• Linux ~/.vscode/

For reference: Clean uninstall ("This can also be used to reset all settings if you don't want to uninstall VS Code.")