How do I remove VS Code & settings from Ubuntu?

Question

VS Code is giving me some problems w/ formatting. I'd like to fully remove it and re-install.

However, each time I remove it and re-install, when I open it, it still remembers what I had opened.

This leads me to believe there's a settings file somewhere I'm missing.

Methods I've tried:

1. sudo dpkg --purge code & sudo dpkg --remove code
2. Uninstalling via gdebi
3. Full removal via synaptic package manager
4. Cussing, swearing, etc.

No dice. What am I missing?

Solution 1

Try renaming ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json.

Or just move/delete the folders ~/.config/Code and ~/.vscode.

You may want to backup any code snippets in ~/.config/Code/User/snippets/

See also: Visual Studio Code User and Workspace Settings

Solution 2

Remove software

• If you installed via Snap:

  $sudo snap remove vscode

• If you installed via apt:

  $sudo apt-get purge code

• If you installed via Ubuntu Software, open Ubuntu Software, look for the app in the installed category, and click on remove.

Remove settings

$cd ~ && rm -rf .vscode && rm -rf .config/Code

Solution 3

Go to /usr/share and find the installation folder of VS Code, which is code-insiders/ for an insider preview and code for a regular installation. Remove the folder which you don't find necessary.
Don't forget to remove the start menu entry in /usr/share/applications/

To remove the application settings go to your home folder and remove the .vscode folder.

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Also if you want to backup your user settings before all this, try the settings sync extension.

Comments

[Brandon]

A+. Did the trick & fixed my VSCode bug. For posterity, I'll add that I also deleted ~/.vscode. Not sure if that mattered, but didn't seem to hurt anything.

[Brandon]

^^to clarify, I deleted the entire ~/.config/Code folder, not just the settings.json.

[Martin Meeser]

IMHO this should be the accepted answer, worked perfectly, also very precise

[Petr 'PePa' Pavel]

I had to run $sudo snap remove code (not vscode).