Clear file content cache in Visual Studio Code

Question

My Visual Studio code, on a Windows machine, keeps on showing me the previous content of a file even after this one has been updated, while notepad ++ doesn't behave in the same way.

Is there a way to somehow clean the cache so as to receive fresh content every time?

See also about Visual Studio Code cache: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66295480/470749 — Ryan, Oct 05 '22 at 21:52
Note: in my experience, this also can result in a large speedup if you haven't cleared your cache for a while. — jgholder, May 12 '23 at 05:27

score 246 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 18 '18 at 03:41

246

I think, I understood correct. You can follow below steps.

Press Ctrl + Shift + P
type command Clear Editor History
Press Enter

It will solve your problem.

edited Jun 18 '18 at 03:41

Sebastián Palma

32,692
6
40
59

answered Sep 07 '17 at 18:04

Ankit Jain

2,576
1
10
4

16

Works great for clearing deleted files/moved files from Quick Open. – user2954463 Sep 18 '17 at 13:47
2

I keep seeing a Loading at my definition. – Nuri Ensing Jul 17 '18 at 12:11
2

Perfect for seeing only the newer names of the same files instead of duplicates. Thanks! – Aidin Jun 19 '19 at 20:20
2

This also helped me during powershell development, having debugger quirks... – grmbl Mar 18 '20 at 08:39
Where do I do this? doing it in the browser brings up the printer. Doing it on the desktop or in Visual Studio does nothing – NickyLarson Jul 13 '21 at 17:28
@NickyLarson The question is about VS code. Not Visual Studio – FrankenCode Jul 27 '21 at 09:26
will this going to delete every saved workplaces? – Jenuel Ganawed Oct 25 '21 at 11:52
It doesn't afford much. Using the disk analyzer reveals the huge amount of memory still in the cache folder because of vscode. – EnthusiastiC Dec 29 '22 at 11:48

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '19 at 23:33

12

For me on macOS the following has worked:

Press Cmd + Shift + P
Type command Clear Search History
Press Enter

Then for the search results:

Press Cmd + Shift + P
Type command Clear Search Results
Press Enter

answered Oct 12 '19 at 23:33

esengineer

9,514
7
45
69

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 09 '20 at 13:08

This worked for me.

Adding this task in .vscode/tasks.json:

{
  // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
  // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "clear-editor-history",
      "command": "${command:workbench.action.clearEditorHistory}"
    }
  ]
}

And using the task in launch configuration (.vscode/launch)

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      ...
      "preLaunchTask": "clear-editor-history"
      ...
    }
  ]
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 02 '23 at 16:31

0

On Windows 10 go to search box and enter "%appdata%". After, delete the folder "code"

answered Feb 02 '23 at 16:31

Bissiatti

1
1

This deletes quite a bit more than just old files. – VSO Jun 26 '23 at 16:14

Clear file content cache in Visual Studio Code

4 Answers4

Linked