Prevent autocomplete in Visual Studio Code

Question

In a SQL file, any time you type case, it automatically adds end, as if you were building a case block. Even if you're in a comment, or using Case as part of a word (for example, select CaseID from...).

I'd like to disable all of that nonsense completely, since it doesn't do a good job of auto completing things for me.

The only configuration options I can find, I've already set:

"editor.autoClosingBrackets": false,
"editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,

What else can I do to stop this?

It is also true for things like begin (it adds end), and I'm sure lots more.

A workaround is to press ^Z after typing case or begin. It's still a pain. — zedfoxus
– zedfoxus, Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 17:10

shybovycha · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-08 12:27:26Z

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In the most recent version of Visual Studio Code I've found out that the

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter": false

configuration disables this behavior.

answered Jun 8, 2018 at 12:27

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Brennan Cheung Over a year ago

Thank you for this. I was typing render( and getting CanvasRenderingContext2D instead. WTF?!?!?! It wouldn't let me write what I typed without disabling on commit character. What a horrible default. Editors shouldn't replace what you type without your permission.

Darius Over a year ago

It's even worse when it changes to something bonkers and automatically inserts an import for that unwanted symbol..

tucq88 Over a year ago

@shybovycha Yeah I add "editor.acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter": false to settings.json manually but it doesn't work as expected. I mean its still auto-completed after I restart VScode. Not sure why.

alter_igel Over a year ago

Thanking you kindly because getData + ( => __acrt_get_locale_data_prefix() just isn't helping my productivity.

Neil Gaetano Lindberg Over a year ago

I changed this because it was making me crazy on doing JS imports. However, I also had to add: "editor.quickSuggestions": false, so that every time I typed "const" I didn't get a huge and irrelevant list requiring I click ESC between the keyword and variable name.

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-21 23:21:51Z

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By 2016, Visual Studio Code is pretty cool and ready for prime time. But I still haven't found a way to simply turn off autocompletion completely.

But they do have some things in their documentation: Customizing IntelliSense

Basically, I put this in my settings.json to try and turn it off for the workspace. But I still have to evaluate this.

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite default and user settings.
{
    // Controls if quick suggestions should show up while typing
    "editor.quickSuggestions": { "other": false, "comments": false, "strings": false },

    // Controls if suggestions should be accepted with "Enter" - in addition to "Tab". Helps to avoid ambiguity between inserting new lines and accepting suggestions.
    "editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "off",

    // Controls the delay in ms after which quick suggestions will show up.
    "editor.quickSuggestionsDelay": 10,

    // Enable word based suggestions
    "editor.wordBasedSuggestions": false
}

edited Oct 21, 2020 at 23:21

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answered Oct 19, 2016 at 9:22

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Brad Cupit Over a year ago

I'm likely using a new version since this was written but for me "editor.quickSuggestions" is an object where I can tweak 3 sub-values: { "other": false, "comments": false, "strings": false }. Also, maybe VS Code is smart enough to see "editor.quickSuggestions": false and set all 3 to false

userJT Over a year ago

I was not able to follow the instructions. Please improve the answer

rjh Over a year ago

acceptSuggestionOnEnter should now be set to "off" as of recent versions.

jrh Over a year ago

I can't stand wordBasedSuggestions, that one tends to re-suggest the same spelling errors / typos made in the past; "Here's a function name that looks deceptively similar to a real one, but it isn't!"

xdhmoore Over a year ago

acceptSuggestionOnEnter still is on by default for me. Ahhhh, what a sigh of relief to turn that off... I think I'll go bake some cookies with bananas in them...

Charlie 木匠 · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-02 16:38:48Z

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This works for me as of 2019-May-17.

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter": false,
"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "off",
"editor.hover.enabled": false,
"editor.minimap.enabled": false,
"editor.parameterHints.enabled": false,
"editor.quickSuggestions": false,
"editor.quickSuggestionsDelay": 10,
"editor.suggest.snippetsPreventQuickSuggestions": false,
"editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,
"editor.wordBasedSuggestions": false,

edited Jul 2, 2019 at 16:38

answered May 17, 2019 at 18:07

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Vidar Over a year ago

Add this to disable hover tooltips: "editor.hover.enabled": false

Peter Mortensen Over a year ago

Perhaps add a little more context? E.g., where should that be added? A file or a UI element somewhere? If a file, where is it exactly (or how can it be opened)?

Mark M Over a year ago

@PeterMortensen More context isn't really needed. If you're unsure how to update settings in VSCode, then perusing the VSCode settings page might be helpful. Here's what a < 10 second Internet search produced: code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings

HerrimanCoder Over a year ago

FINALLY after trying all the other suggestions, THIS ONE WORKS! Thank you Charlie.

Lahiru Jayaratne Over a year ago

Awesome! acceptSuggestionOnEnter This worked for me :)

Brandon Macer · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-07 02:43:44Z

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This isn't the correct answer, but it might be an even better option. Increase:

Editor: Quick Suggestions Delay

from 50 ms (default) to 500-1000 ms.

In this case, you'll have half a second to beat the autocomplete option, which may be enough for 95% of the time, and you won't lose the functionality that you might want in some cases.

answered May 7, 2019 at 2:43

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PatrickT Over a year ago

Great answer. I did that. You could set it to an even higher number and challenge yourself to see if you can autocomplete faster than the machine ;-)

Eric Over a year ago

"editor.quickSuggestionsDelay": 1000000000 :)

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-21 23:22:53Z

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In the current version of Visual Studio Code, add this to your user settings:

"editor.quickSuggestions.other": false

This disables most of the spurious suggestions.

edited Oct 21, 2020 at 23:22

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answered Jan 16, 2019 at 21:29

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Abdullah Khaled Over a year ago

this configuration doesn't work on vscode 1.69.1

Atron Seige · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-26 22:35:41Z

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I disabled mine by going to Settings > Text Editor > Suggestions > Inline Suggest: Enabled and unticking the box.

(Update) This is overwritten by the language settings, so you have make a new more changes. This post shows how to disable suggestions for Plain Text, but you can follow the steps to change the setting for all languages. How to disable visual studio code dropdown suggestions in plain text files

edited Jul 26, 2022 at 22:35

answered Jul 25, 2022 at 1:36

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Sandhya · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-25 19:55:49Z

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Add this to settings.json

"editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,

answered Jul 25, 2022 at 19:55

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Arnold Zahrneinder Over a year ago

The only working solution!

starball · Accepted Answer · 2024-06-05 19:46:20Z

Note: To open settings.json, run Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON) in the command palette. To open defaultSettings.json, use Preferences: Open Default Settings (JSON), to open keybindings.json, use Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON), and to open defaultKeybindings.json, use Preferences: Open Default Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON). You need to save after editing these files. Note that many settings support being overridden for specific language modes.

To prevent suggestions from appearing while typing

In settings.json:

"editor.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,
"terminal.integrated.suggest.suggestOnTriggerCharacters": false,
"editor.quickSuggestions": {
    "other": "off",
    "comments": "off",
    "strings": "off"
},
"terminal.integrated.suggest.quickSuggestions": false,
"[dockerfile][json][json]": {
    // check defaultSettings.json or Settings UI to see which languages override editor.quickSuggestions and add them to the above list.
    "editor.quickSuggestions": {
        "other": "off",
        "comments": "off",
        "strings": "off"
    },
},

To unbind default keybindings that trigger suggestions:

("trigger" means to make the suggestion widget / inline suggestions appear)

These might change in the future. You can search for these command IDs in defaultKeybindings.json to see what they are bound to. Put the following in keybindings.json:

{
    "key": "ctrl+i",
    "command": "-editor.action.triggerSuggest",
},
{
    "key": "cmd+i",
    "command": "-editor.action.triggerSuggest",
},
{
    "key": "ctrl+space",
    "command": "-editor.action.triggerSuggest",
},
{
    "key": "cmd+space",
    "command": "-editor.action.triggerSuggest",
},
// editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger currently not bound to anything by default

To unbind default keybindings that accept suggestions:

("accept" means to confirm usage of the selected suggestion option from the suggestion widget / inline suggestion widget)

In settings.json:

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "off",
"editor.acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter": false,
// "debug.console.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "off",

In keybindings.json:

{"key": "tab",         "command": "-acceptSelectedSuggestion",},
{"key": "enter",       "command": "-acceptSelectedSuggestion",},
{"key": "shift+tab",   "command": "-acceptAlternativeSelectedSuggestion",},
{"key": "shift+enter", "command": "-acceptAlternativeSelectedSuggestion",},
{"key": "tab",         "command": "-insertNextSuggestion",},
{"key": "shift+tab",   "command": "-insertPrevSuggestion",},
{"key": "tab",         "command": "-editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit",},
{"key": "ctrl+right",  "command": "-editor.action.inlineSuggest.acceptNextWord",},
{"key": "cmd+right",   "command": "-editor.action.inlineSuggest.acceptNextWord",},
{"key": "tab",         "command": "-workbench.action.terminal.acceptSelectedSuggestion",},
{"key": "enter",       "command": "-workbench.action.terminal.acceptSelectedSuggestion",},
// I'd list things for extensions like GitHub Copilot, but at that point... why would you be using those extensions? :P

To prevent automatic pairings

Since the question post mentioned case causing end to appear in SQL, see also these settings, or search for "autoclosing" in the Settings UI.

"editor.occurrencesHighlight": "multiFile",
"editor.autoClosingBrackets": "never",
"editor.autoClosingComments": "never",
"editor.autoClosingOvertype": "never",
"editor.autoClosingQuotes": "never",
"html.autoClosingTags": false,
"javascript.autoClosingTags": false,
"typescript.autoClosingTags": false,

Note that you'll still be able to trigger suggestions and inline suggestions from the command palette.

xyz · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-05 14:17:07Z

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Here is up to date solution:

"editor.suggest.showClasses": false,
"editor.suggest.showColors": false,
"editor.suggest.showConstants": false,
"editor.suggest.showConstructors": false,
"editor.suggest.showCustomcolors": false,
"editor.suggest.showDeprecated": false,
"editor.suggest.showEnumMembers": false,
"editor.suggest.showEnums": false,
"editor.suggest.showEvents": false,
"editor.suggest.showFields": false,
"editor.suggest.showFiles": false,
"editor.suggest.showFolders": false,
"editor.suggest.showFunctions": false,
"editor.suggest.showInterfaces": false,
"editor.suggest.showIssues": false,
"editor.suggest.showKeywords": false,
"editor.suggest.showMethods": false,
"editor.suggest.showModules": false,
"editor.suggest.showOperators": false,
"editor.suggest.showProperties": false,
"editor.suggest.showReferences": false,
"editor.suggest.showSnippets": false,
"editor.suggest.showStructs": false,
"editor.suggest.showTypeParameters": false,
"editor.suggest.showVariables": false,
"editor.suggest.showValues": false,
"editor.suggest.showWords": false,
"editor.suggest.showUsers": false,
"editor.suggest.showUnits": false,

// controls bracket auto closing
"editor.autoClosingBrackets": "never",

// controls  specific languages tag auto closing
"html.autoClosingTags": false,
"javascript.autoClosingTags": false,
"typescript.autoClosingTags": false

answered Mar 5, 2022 at 14:17

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Mayur · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-28 02:41:56Z

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Disable "Visual Studio IntelliCode" extension while working on SQL files. This might be a better option than changing settings that are useful for other files.

answered Dec 28, 2020 at 2:41

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Kokottc · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-04 06:40:15Z

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None of this was working to me.

On Visual Studio Code v1.100.3, I wrote "suggestions" in the search bar, read every choices and if it looked like an unwanted suggestion disabled it.

I also added this line in my .vscode/settings.json as they were recommanding in one of the choices:

"[cpp]": {"editor.wordBasedSuggestions": "off"}

Finally I restarted VSC and it worked.

Good luck

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