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Visual Studio Code is eating up hundreds of gigabytes on Linux

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Monday, February 2, 2026

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Visual Studio Code is eating up hundreds of gigabytes on Linux
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If you're running out of space on your Linux desktop or laptop, Visual Studio Code might be the culprit. There's a bug that causes some VS Code installations to never delete files after you trash them, potentially eating up hundreds of gigabytes of storage.

If you're running out of space on your Linux desktop or laptop, Visual Studio Code might be the culprit. There's a bug that causes some VS Code installations to never delete files after you trash them, potentially eating up hundreds of gigabytes of storage.

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