Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files

Many have run out of disk space entirely ...
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Visual Studio Code is eating up hundreds of gigabytes on Linux

Those project files you deleted might not actually be deleted.
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Visual Studio Code May 2023 update adds read-only mode tagging for files and folders0 0

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.79.0 (May 2023 release) with several new features including a read-only mode for specific files and folders in your workspace. If you’ve been using GitHub ...