# Can I delete the ~/.vscode/extensions folder?

- URL: https://moreroom.app/folders/vscode-extensions
- Item: VS Code extensions
- Location: `~/.vscode/extensions`
- Verdict: Review first — Might hold something you care about. Look inside before removing it.
- Comes back on its own: yes
- Typical size: 200 MB–5 GB
- From the app: VS Code > Extensions: uninstall the ones you don't use.
- Source: MoreRoom rules catalogue (2026-10-17), by Yando Pte. Ltd.

## What is it?

`~/.vscode/extensions` contains every extension installed in VS Code, one folder per extension version. Language extensions can bundle large language servers or toolchains, and old versions sometimes remain after updates. Typically a few hundred MB to several GB.

## What happens if you delete it?

Uninstalled extensions can be installed again from the Extensions view; their settings in `settings.json` remain. Deleting the whole folder removes all extensions at once.

## How to remove it properly

In VS Code, open the Extensions view, then uninstall the extensions you don’t use. From Terminal, `code --list-extensions` and `code --uninstall-extension <id>` do the same.

## Before you delete it

Extensions installed from a `.vsix` file rather than the Marketplace need that file to be installed again.