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Walt Mankowski via plug on 4 Feb 2026 10:18:40 -0800
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Re: [PLUG] VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files
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- From: Walt Mankowski via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
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- Subject: Re: [PLUG] VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:18:34 -0500
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I don't run VS Code, but all the other snaps I have installed seem to
default to only keeping the current version and one backup. Seems to
me that would limit the amount of space the trash folders could use
up.
Walt
On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 08:25:40AM -0500, jeffv via plug wrote:
> VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files
>
> https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/vs_code_for_linux_trash_fail/
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> 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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