Make VS code stop adding and inserting characters

Question

VS code likes thinking for me, which is the number 1 sin a text editor can do. To "help" it will auto type [] and {}, when deleting it will also delete [] instead of just ]. When typing HTML it also tries to auto add </div> at the wrong time...

99% of the time when it adds a character I didn't add myself it creates issues. How can I turn that feature off? i.e if I didn't explicitly press a key to modify a character, VS code has no business touching that character.

Answer 1

Open the Settings menu (Ctrl , on Windows or File -> Preferences -> Settings).

Select Text Editor.

You can selectively disable Auto Closing Brackets, Auto Closing Quotes, and other editor options.