Disable data sharing for Visual Studio Code "Settings Sync"
Overview
This category contains privacy scripts for Linux.
These changes use Linux system commands to update your settings.
Settings Sync is a Visual Studio Code feature that synchronizes settings, keybindings, and installed extensions across different machines 1. This data is stored in the Microsoft Cloud 1.
This category should only be used by advanced users. None of its scripts are recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.
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These scripts are written using Bash (Shell script) scripting language.
Choose one of two ways to apply:
- Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
- Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.
Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.
It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application.
privacy.sexy instructions
- Open or download the desktop application
- Search for the category name:
Disable data sharing for Visual Studio Code "Settings Sync". - Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
- Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.
Alternative 2. Download
Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.
This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.
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This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.
This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.
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This category includes total of 3 scripts but no subcategories.
Explore its 3 scripts:
Disable synchronization of Visual Studio Code keybindings
By default, Keyboard Shortcuts are synchronized across platforms. You can disable this by setting "settingsSync.keybindingsPerPlatform" to "false".
Disable synchronization of Visual Studio Code extensions
Visual Studio Code synchronizes all built-in and installed extensions, along with their global enablement state, by default. This script prevents the synchronization of all Visual Studio Code extensions. To disable extension synchronization, set "settingsSync.ignoredExtensions", which configures the list of extensions to be ignored during synchronization.
Disable synchronization of Visual Studio Code settings
By default, Visual Studio Code synchronizes all settings, except for machine settings (those with machine or machine-overridable scopes), as these are specific to a given machine. This script disables the synchronization of all settings. You can specify settings to ignore during synchronization using the "settingsSync.ignoredSettings" setting.
Explore Categories
- Disable Visual Studio Code data collection
- Configure programs
This action belongs to Disable Visual Studio Code data collection category. Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code, is a source-code editor made by Microsoft. Visual Studio Code makes outgoing network requests to collect data in the background without users invoking a feature that requires online access. The requests include, but are not limited to,... Read more on category page ▶
This action belongs to Configure programs category. These scripts configure third-party applications installed on Linux distributions to harden their security and privacy to protect your data. They scripts differ from OS level configurations as they configure applications that are not typically native to Linux distributions, i.e., not included in... Read more on category page ▶
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