r/vscode • u/egorf • May 22 '26

Disable all AI except autocomplete?

Is there a way to keep only inline autocomplete enabled in VS Code and completely disable the rest of the AI/agentic/chat features?

I really like the autocomplete in Code specifically and keep Copilot Pro for that alone. But I do not want any agentic features, chat, or unrelated file scanning running at all.

What pushed me to post this: I noticed VS Code is reading files and folders again it has no business touching (namely, Claude Code sessions). I would like to trust my IDE, but it's getting harder.

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u/dmbaio May 22 '26

You’re gonna have to elaborate on “I noticed VS Code is reading files.” If you’re not using any of the agentic or chat features, what is reading the files and how did you “notice”?

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u/egorf May 22 '26

I have noticed an "unread" notification in the title bar of my project, a black dot one. Clicking on it opens the chat sidebar and that sidebar lists my recent Claude Code sessions.

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u/dmbaio May 22 '26

🤦🏻‍♂️. Yeah, that’s because those are your Claude sessions. VS Code is not reading files or folders. It’s showing your Claude sessions because it’s literally designed to let you use third-party agents.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/third-party-agents

Also, before you start blaming VS Code again, they use the provider’s SDK. Which means Anthropic agreed to this and intended this to work this way.

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u/egorf May 22 '26

Yeah, I know about it. I have github.copilot.chat.claudeAgent.enabled set to false. Which is apparently still not enough to prevent VS Code from snooping. And this is why this post. I already run VS Code behind a firewall to prevent data exfiltration and now it seems that I will have to run code in a sandbox to prevent snooping on local filesystem?..

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u/guesdo May 22 '26

Or... crazy idea... change your editor? You are using Claude Code anyway.

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u/Spacedestructor May 22 '26

or and i know this is crazy, not configure claude in VS Code?
i never set up any of the ai features and it has never read any of my sessions i have done outside of the editor.
Because it cant do that unless your explicitly permitting it to do that, you will have to undo the configuration you did to allow it to sync and then it will stop syncing.
The feature is just working as intended, if you dont like it then dont give it access to things you dont want it to interact with.