Restore VSCode Configuration if settings.json File is Lost or Modified

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Today we are going to learn how we can restore our settings.json file, extensions, UI configuration, etc. to a previous configuration in VSCode.

To perform this restoration, we need to open the VSCode commands:

Windows:

Mac:

Once opened, we look for Settings sync: Show Synced Data

Within the list of synchronized activity, we can compare the different states that have been synchronized and restore the one we want:

To restore it, we click on one of them, for example, from an hour ago. And we click on restore:

Once everything is restored, it will start synchronizing the configuration again.

If it doesn’t start, we can search for Sync Now:

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