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Extension to clear the VS Code history cache (containing sensitive files) (github.com/janwillemb)
2 points by janwillemb on July 6, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


VS Code silently stores copies of all files you are editing in the %APPDATA%/Code/User/History folder. Even files you are editing from, say, truecrypt volumes because they contain sensitive data. I don't like that. An administrator can probably access those files. And even if they can't, I still don't like it. I could not find a way to prevent this, so this extension removes the entire History folder when vscode is closed.




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