macosvisual-studio-code
This has been asked regarding Windows, but not macOS.
(Yes, there's a comment on that question regarding macOS, but it's a comment and not an answer, so it's likely to be overlooked, and it's on a question about Windows, and to top it all off it's wrong.)
So, for sake of making (the correct version of) this information easy to find:
Where does VS Code store unsaved files on macOS?
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.
Here are the default paths where Visual Studio Code Insider saves files:
"%LocalAppData%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders"
"%UserProfile%\.vscode-insiders"
"%AppData%\Code - Insiders"
"%AppData%\Visual Studio Code - Insiders"
"%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Visual Studio Code - Insiders"
These folder save the last user session and settings/preferences. Delete those to remove old settings/preferences. If you are concerned about the remaining files after installation you may use VSCode from the portable ZIP files. Here are the direct download links extracted from VSCode alternative downloads:
Best Answer
It can be found in a subdirectory of
Note that the space above has been escaped with a
\character, so you can copy the path and paste it onto the command line.If you want to put it in quotation marks, then you'll need drop
\character, and replace~with$HOME, like so:On my laptop the subdirectory is named with a 13-digit number, inside of which is
/untitled/. I would guess that the directory aboveuntitledprobably varies from installation to installation.