Removing the file preview on the right side of the editor in VS Code

Question

This beauty appeared after a recent update, and it is very distracting to me.

I searched through the menus, but didn't find any setting to remove it. Is there any way to banish it from the editor?

Answer 1

This is called the minimap, and, as stated in that link,

If you would like to disable minimap, you can set "editor.minimap.enabled": false in your user or workspace settings.

Once you save the settings file, the minimap will be gone.

Answer 2

You can also toggle the minimap from the Command Palette. You can go to 'View' and select Command Palette or just Ctrl+Shift+P and type in the word 'minimap', you will instantly get the option to toggle the minimap.