Tag Archives: VS Code Extensions

VS Code: Telemetry-free VSCodium

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“There is no such thing as a free lunch.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch

And this applies to VS Code and many of its extensions. You agree to the licensing conditions, and you pay with your data.

VS Code source code is MIT licensed, but the binaries you can download and install have telemetry built in: you are giving Microsoft your usage data in return for using VS Code.

If you are concerned about this, and looking for free and libre open source binaries of VS Code, then have a look at MIT-Licensed VSCodium.

https://vscodium.com
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VS Code: Uninstall completely

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Nothing has to last forever, and VS Code might not be the right thing for everyone. VS Code can go overboard with all the extensions and things it had proposed to install. Up to a point that one needs to get re-started again. Or because you tasted VS Code, but you did not like it.

That’s OK, you can uninstall it, after you have installed it (see VS Code: IDE Installation). The catch is: the uninstall does not a full removal, as settings and extensions do not get removed.

This article shows how to fully uninstall VS Code.

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