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.vscode-server folder cleanup

by Abbas · 14.05.2025

Easy way to clean up this folder is actually deleting it completely but extensions are also in that folder.

In my case, I have extracted the extension list to txt file,
remove the folder completely
install the extensions from extension list txt file

Extracting extensions list to txt file

Run below command in vscode terminal directly

code --list-extensions > remote_extensions.txt

Remove .vscode-server folder

close remote connection of vscode to server
close vscode
connect to server via ssh

rm -rf ~/.vscode-server

Install extensions from txt file

Open vscode and connect to remote server first
run below command in vscode terminal

cat remote_extensions.txt | xargs -L 1 code --install-extension

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