Umm, you can disable it globally. They have pretty amazing documentation, 3 seconds of searching later: http://vscode-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/supporting

Umm, you can disable it globally. They have pretty amazing documentation, 3 seconds of searching later: http://vscode-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/supporting/faq/#how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting http://vscode-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/supporting/faq/#... Windows Close VS Code. Open the command prompt. Type cd %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Visual Studio Code\resources\app Type notepad product.json Replace enableTelemetry=true with enableTelemetry=false. Save the file via CTRL+S and exit Notepad. Collection of usage data should now be disabled. OS X / Linux Close VS Code. Open the terminal For: Mac Type cd <PATH-TO-VSCode>/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/app Linux Type cd <PATH-TO-VSCode>/Resources/app Type vi product.json Replace enableTelemetry=true with enableTelemetry=false Save the file via Esc ZZ. Collection of usage data should now be disabled.