Visual Studio Code files.exclude setting not working

Question

I am using Unity and trying to exclude .meta files from the file explorer sidebar. I navigated to File->Preferences->User Settings (or Workspace settings, doesn't matter), and set the contents of the file to the following:

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite default and user settings.
{
        "files.exclude": {
        "**/.meta": true
    }
}

...and saved my changes. Yet, when I click the Refresh icon or close/reopen my folder view, I am still seeing all the .meta files showing up in the left pane. Am I doing something wrong here?

score 58 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '15 at 18:59

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My problem was basing my pattern off of the existing ones, which excluded specific file names rather than patterns. I simply needed to add an asterisk before the file extension, i.e.

"**/*.meta"

instead of

"**/.meta"

answered Nov 19 '15 at 18:59

vargonian

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Thank you for solving and sharing this solution! – klewis Jun 17 '16 at 13:01
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@vargonian you can accept your own answer in case you don't know :) – holms Feb 12 '17 at 17:24

Nelu · Answer 2 · 2020-06-05T18:13:10.460

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Check this button if you're seeing excluded files in search.

The cog button needs to be highlighted in order for files.exclude to apply.

edited Jun 05 '20 at 18:13

answered Jun 05 '19 at 18:58

Nelu

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Thank you so much. – Z2VvZ3Vp Aug 10 '20 at 19:02

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '16 at 15:24

It's also worth noting that, in the search sidebar, "files to exclude" and "files excluded through settings" behave differently.

In "files to exclude", it's sufficient to write *.meta, but in "files excluded through settings" (set in the user settings file) you must write **/*.meta.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 21 '23 at 15:43

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Follow this path: C:>Users>UserName>AppData>Roaming>Code>User>settings.json and remove line '**/.project':true

answered Jan 21 '23 at 15:43

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Visual Studio Code files.exclude setting not working

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