Disable extensions in VScode from command line

Question

Seems like some extension badly affects to run Vscode. When I try to open Vscode there is "Window no longer responding" How to disable Vscode extensions through cmd?

Answer 1

You can disable extensions via command line with the --disable-extensions flag

code --disable-extensions

Answer 2

My installation (Visual Studio Code 1.82.0 on MacOS 13.5.1) gives a way to disable a specific extension from the command line.

$ code --help

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Usage: code [options][paths...]

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  --disable-extension <ext-id>    Disable the provided extension. This option is not persisted and is effective only when the command opens a new window.

For example code --disable-extension ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh disables the ssh extension (tested).