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Does anyone know where VS code saves unsaved files on a Windows machine?

I have found many discussions about this features, but they don't mention where the files are actually saved.

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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.

VS Code cached document location

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    Thanks! On OS X there is a similar folder in ~/Library/Application Support/Code/Backup where my text files were hiding out.
    – Alper
    Aug 31, 2017 at 10:36
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    What about Linux?
    – Colliot
    Apr 22, 2018 at 9:34
  • I don't have a Linux installation to test on unfortunately. However I would guess it is located somewhere in the /home folder.
    – Burgi
    Apr 22, 2018 at 14:19
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    On my Chromebook Linux, I found it in ~/.config/Code/Backups/...
    – apex
    Oct 2, 2018 at 12:22
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    For those of readers using Azure Data Studio, the path is very nearly the same. Substitute azuredatastudio for code in the searched path.
    – Josh Gust
    Aug 11, 2021 at 16:03
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For Linux users they are found at ~/.config/Code/Backups.

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    ~/.config/Code - OSS/Backups and ~/.config/Code - Insiders/Backups for the open source version and the Insiders version, respectively.
    – Marc.2377
    Jun 29, 2019 at 1:49
  • the opensource version folder might have changed: I found it at ~/.config/VSCodium/Backups
    – maxlath
    Oct 10, 2020 at 10:13
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For Visual Studio Code on macOS, these files are found at:

~/Library/Application Support/Code/Backups

Insiders on macOS:

~/Library/Application Support/Code - Insiders/Backups

OSS on macOS:

~/Library/Application Support/Code - OSS/Backups
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  • awesome, ~/Library/Application\ Support/Code/Backups is the path
    – kisna
    Mar 12, 2021 at 1:09
  • As an example on OSX for Azure Studio (which is based on VS): ~/Library/Application Support/azuredatastudio/Backups/1623786046143/file/6be3cd5e7e4dd5b8f863e42c7ceef3e
    – Joshua Goldberg
    Jun 18, 2021 at 14:30
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If you use scoop on Windows to manage your (portable) vscode installation, the backup path you're looking for is

%USERPROFILE%\scoop\persist\vscode-portable\data\user-data\backups
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Windows, Visual Studio 2019:

%localappdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\BackupFiles
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    The OP was specifically asking about VS Code rather than the full Visual Studio.
    – Burgi
    May 18, 2021 at 11:57

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