8 VSCode Popular Extensions You Should Consider Uninstall

Some unnecessary extensions will take up your memory and reduce your productivity.

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I’ve been a fan of VSCode for a long time. At that time, I installed many extensions to enhance the functionality of VSCode. Even today, you can often find articles about “N VSCode Extensions You Should Install” in the community.

But as I installed more and more extensions, I found that my VSCode was getting stuck. So I carefully sorted through the extensions, and I found that I didn’t need as many.

Installing too many extensions can have these disadvantages:

• Causing VSCode to start slowly. Many extensions are loaded when VSCode starts. If you install too many extensions, your VSCode is bound to start slowly.
• There may be conflicts between extensions. For example, many extensions change the color of the code. If you have TODO highlight and TODO Tree at the same time, they will conflict with each other.
• Functionality repeats between different plugins. For example, IntelliSense for CSS class names in HTML and HTML CSS Support .
• Excessive CPU usage.

Even with these problems, there are still many articles that go out of their way to…