Visual Studio Code disable auto-quote

Question

How do I disable the auto-quotes feature?

When I hit the ' or " key, I do not EVER want it to automatically insert another one anywhere. No matter how smart they make it, it just comes across to me as "unpredictable" and distracts me from what I'm trying to do.

I type over 100 wpm, I really don't need help hitting the ' or " key.

I have tried the following settings, but none of them have disabled this undesired behavior:

{
    "editor.autoClosingBrackets": false,
    "editor.wordWrap": "off",
    "html.autoClosingTags": false,
    "editor.formatOnType": false,
    "editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,
    "editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "off",
}

Related: [How to disable automatically adding a closing curly brace or bracket insertion in VS Code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46470363/how-to-disable-automatically-adding-a-closing-curly-brace-or-bracket-insertion-i) — Csq, Jan 05 '23 at 10:57
I think Text editors should never enable features like this and let user enable if they want. Even Microsoft likes crazy features in new products. Very annoying to say the least — Ishmael Mavor Raines, Mar 08 '23 at 15:34

score 40 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '18 at 20:26

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Put this in your user settings:

"editor.autoClosingQuotes": "never"

answered Sep 11 '18 at 20:26

David Braun

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Where are the "user settings"? – Bitterblue Feb 16 '23 at 12:57
@Bitterblue, [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65908987/how-can-i-open-visual-studio-codes-settings-json-file) describes how to open json settings files. – superswellsam Mar 22 '23 at 00:09
To edit the JSON user settings file press **F1** or **Ctrl** + **Shift** + **P** and search for "**Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)**". – swimfar2 Sep 01 '23 at 23:20

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-26T11:58:29.410

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Edit: from vscode 1.27.0

"editor.autoClosingQuotes": "never",
"editor.autoSurround": "never",// When the word is selected

I guess you can "type" them instead like this (keybindings.json):

{
    "key": "'",
    "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
    "args": {
        "snippet": "'"
    },
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
},

edited Nov 26 '19 at 11:58

answered Feb 09 '18 at 22:06

Alex

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Unlike the `"editor.autoClosingQuotes": "never"` setting, this also works when a word is selected and a quote key is pressed. – Remco Haszing Oct 17 '18 at 08:42
I can see that the default is languageDefined, but how do we define it for a language? – Kyle Delaney Nov 19 '20 at 01:14
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings#_languagespecific-editor-settings – Alex Nov 20 '20 at 13:22

score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 31 '22 at 13:33

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In addition to the accepted answer, I also had to disable "HTML: Auto Create Quotes" in preferences (search for "Quote")

answered Mar 31 '22 at 13:33

pkExec

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Very useful; was irritating having quotation marks auto-inserted when writing Angular templates etc – Rory Jun 10 '22 at 04:57
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I second that. Auto putting anything my code while I'm typing is .... annoying. I don't know why they thought that was a good idea. – user1854438 Oct 10 '22 at 17:11
Thank you. This is the one that was always causing me issues. – Doug Black Feb 26 '23 at 09:32

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 11 '20 at 09:09

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Here is a GUI-How-To-Change it:

Open the Settings-Dialog:
- Press Strg + , or Navigate with mouse to File | Settings
Change the Value of:
- editor.autoClosingQuotes to the desired never
Thats it, no step 3 - only upvote my screenshot-answer..

answered Mar 11 '20 at 09:09

Ingo Baab

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This is the first half of the full solution. This link shows the second half as well: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48714796/4402572 – Jeff Wright Jan 07 '22 at 16:47

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 12 '21 at 21:23

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File > Preferences > Settings > type "quote" in search box

answered Sep 12 '21 at 21:23

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 16 '23 at 13:08

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Open Settings (File -> Preferences -> Settings) Ctrl+Comma
Search for "editor close"
You should find "Auto Closing Brackets" and "Auto Closing Quotes".
Change them to "never ever"!

answered Feb 16 '23 at 13:08

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