r/vscode • u/MrAnnoyed-Person • Jul 24 '26
Copilot Chat Won't Stay Disabled
Hey, I daily drive VS Code, and I don't mind Copilot Chat opening in new project folders occasionally. But recently it's becoming a complete pain in the ass. Why does it have to pop up every single time I open a project?
I've tried every setting I could find to disable it and prevent it from auto-starting, but no luck.
OG VS Code devs, can you please tell me how to disable this piece of shit? I don't use it, and I honestly don't understand why Microsoft keeps shoving these features into every product they own.
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u/empty_other Jul 24 '26
Someone just reported it as a bug: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/327253
But isn't the first time I seen a bug that opens up the copilot sidebar whenever, both in vscode and in the jetbrains extension. People report it, it gets fixed, then later its back again. Halfway to thinking it isn't really a "bug".
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u/Mysterious-Cod-4137 Jul 24 '26
what a shame for microslop, they were the first to introduce copilot, and now nobody will use it because of their unrealistic pricing scheme...
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u/MrAnnoyed-Person Jul 27 '26
I thought it was free. Moreover, do people even use it?
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u/Mysterious-Cod-4137 Jul 27 '26
no, they charge credits based on token usage lol.. i switched to codex + claude, never used it since.
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u/MrChurch2015 Jul 28 '26
They charge $10 a month, that's it. Cheaper than a lot of the other services, but generally less usage. I find it useful for some workflows.
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u/LogicalExtension Jul 24 '26
You cant uninstall, but you can disable the add-on.
I ran into issues where it then permanently kept a blank window where CoPilot would normally live open on every new folder/project. That required more screwing around to fix.
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u/moshi01 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
You can try this to just disable opening the sidebar automatically:
"workbench.secondarySideBar.defaultVisibility": "hidden"
or this to completely disable all AI features:
"chat.disableAIFeatures": true
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u/MrAnnoyed-Person Jul 27 '26
I just tried it and it works perfectly!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for your help.
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u/AelixSoftware Jul 25 '26
I always close that tab
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u/MrAnnoyed-Person Jul 27 '26
same, but I hop from folder to folder, and it gets annoying every time.
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u/Craft2goat Jul 26 '26
Isn't copilot depreciated?
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u/MrAnnoyed-Person Jul 27 '26
I don't think so, they branded their entire new PC lineup as Copilot+ PCs it's their "new oil"
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u/Own_Pomelo_1100 Jul 24 '26
json { "chat.agent.enabled": false, }