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Does anyone know where VS code saves unsaved files on a Windows machine?
I have found many discussions about this features, but they don't mention where the files are actually saved.
Josh
Posted 2017-07-03T20:15:53.740
Reputation: 223
Visual Studio Code unsaved files location
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The Microsoft help file indicates that the settings are stored in the folder:
Windows -
%APPDATA%\Code\User\
For me this translated to:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Code\
In this folder I located a Backups folder, this folder contained the raw data for my document. This appears to be grouped by date stored as a UNIX timestamp.
Burgi
Posted 2017-07-03T20:15:53.740
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For Linux users they are found at ~/.config/Code/Backups.
Alex
Posted 2017-07-03T20:15:53.740
Reputation: 221
1~/.config/Code - OSS/Backups and ~/.config/Code - Insiders/Backups for the open source version and the Insiders version, respectively. – Marc.2377 – 2019-06-29T01:49:05.190
7Thanks! On OS X there is a similar folder in ~/Library/Application Support/Code/Backup where my text files were hiding out. – Alper – 2017-08-31T10:36:52.970
1What about Linux? – Colliot – 2018-04-22T09:34:16.163
I don't have a Linux installation to test on unfortunately. However I would guess it is located somewhere in the
/homefolder. – Burgi – 2018-04-22T14:19:58.8072On my Chromebook Linux, I found it in
~/.config/Code/Backups/...– apex – 2018-10-02T12:22:50.807Thank you. I was unable to find the workspace instance my
untitleddocument was created through trial and error; using the Backups folder I found it by date in a matter of seconds and my unsaved work was all there! – Aaron – 2019-11-22T00:18:10.400