How to stop a single VS Code extension from auto update?

Question

Some of my vs code extension update every day, and I have a limited amount of internet bandwidth, is it possible to stop a specific extension from the auto update?

Thanks in advance.

Axel · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-10T17:41:45.430

Yes, it is possible (and simple):

In the package.json of the extension, you will find a metadata section that look like so:

"__metadata": {
    "id": "0fcefdee-e09c-4b96-9998-f5dc891893dd",
    "publisherId": "1e02cadf-73ee-47be-8772-75da47b7921f",
    "publisherDisplayName": "Robert Plant"
}

Rename the id field, as "OLD id".

Below the OLD id line, add the following line

"id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",

You will end up with:

"__metadata": {
     "OLD id": "0fcefdee-e09c-4b96-9998-f5dc891893dd",
     "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
     "publisherId": "1e02cadf-73ee-47be-8772-75da47b7921f",
     "publisherDisplayName": "Robert Plant"
}

You might have to reload the window and/or to disable/reenable the extension.

NB: If you need to do it for more than one extension, you will need to give each one a different id, otherwise, it won't work:

00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002
Etc.

That's it!

[Vscode doc](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-marketplace#_where-are-extensions-installed) on where extensions are installed based on the OS. — Manavalan Gajapathy, Jun 08 '22 at 16:42
I tried this and it did not work for me, see details: https://github.com/idahogurl/vs-code-prettier-eslint/issues/41#issuecomment-1379413964 — josephdpurcell, Jan 11 '23 at 20:05

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '18 at 14:42

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So far, there are only settings for controlling all of your extensions. You can use the settings below:

{
  "extensions.autoCheckUpdates": false,
  "extensions.autoUpdate": false
}

Of course, you can always submit a feature request for controlling specific extensions individually.

answered Aug 22 '18 at 14:42

jabacchetta

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tabnine seems to ignore this. – Vincent Alex Jul 15 '22 at 20:14

Mark · Answer 3 · 2023-01-23T19:47:10.970

From GH Issue: Please make it possible to disable auto-update for a specific extension

Please try the feature Install Another Version... - right click on extension to see this action. Installing another version will lock the extension to that version.

So specifically choosing a certain version should stop future updates.

Also see https://stackoverflow.com/a/53755378/836330 about pinning/reverting to a specific extension version which should not allow auto-updating.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 09 '23 at 02:54

Add line bellow to settings.json

Use this format - "settingsSync.ignoredExtensions": ["extension-name"]

You can find the name of your extensions in VS Code settings or on the marketplace.

Example for quokka - VS Code extension marketplace

Example for quokka - "settingsSync.ignoredExtensions": ["wallabyjs.quokka-vscode"]

These settings will exclude extensions from auto-update.

How to stop a single VS Code extension from auto update?

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