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| [PLUG] VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files |
VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/vs_code_for_linux_trash_fail/A handful of Linux-based developers have found large amounts of supposedly deleted data on their computers, in some cases consuming hundreds of gigabytes of storage.
The reason for this is Snap – a Linux application packaging format – creates a local Trash folder for each VS Code version, one that's separate from the system-managed Trash, according to a VS Code bug report dating back to November 11, 2024.
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