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How to Hide File Path in VS Code Terminal Output & Delete Clutter Messages in Code Runner Extension
Mar 1, 2026
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Uh hello guys in this video I'll show
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you how to hide the file path while
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running your any sort of code inside VS
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code. So by default let's suppose we
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have this Python file that we are
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running. So when we click run Python
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file. So what happens right here inside
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the terminal it actually shows all these
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clutter messages alongside with the file
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path as well. So what file you are
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running. So if you want to hide this and
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get a clear output only the output that
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you want then in that scenario you need
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to use an extension which is a really
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popular extension which is coderunner.
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Codeunner is actually a great extension
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for running all sort of programs in
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different programming languages. It's
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got almost 39 million downloads. So
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first of all you just need to install
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this extension. So after installing this
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extension you need to go to its
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settings. So just click the settings
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option and go to its settings. So first
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of all you need to uh check mark this
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option. By default it's checked which is
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clear previous output. So just tick mark
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this option and then
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just scroll here and you just need to
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tick mark this option. So it will be
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checked by default. Just make sure that
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it is checked and then also just untick
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this option. By default it will be
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unticked. So by mistake if you have tick
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this option so untick this option show
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execution message. After that you need
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to go inside this executor map.
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So just take just click this button edit
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in settings.json. So for all the
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programming languages this extension
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runs here. So whichever programming
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language you are working with. So let's
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suppose we are working with Python right
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here. You just need to add this line of
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code here. If you are on Linux, you just
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need to write here clear. And so if you
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are on Linux, but if you are on Windows,
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in my case, I am on Windows. So I will
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write here cls. So this will clear out
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the previous output and then run this
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actual code. So that's all that we need
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to do right here. After that you again
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run the same file once again. So if you
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now see there will be this option added
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which is run code. This option is coming
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because of this coderunner extension. So
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if you click run code, so now what
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happens you will get a clear output. So
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as you see,
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let me restart everything. Let me kill
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the terminal and was again run this. So
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once again you click run code. So now
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what happens? You only get
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this uh clear output. So now if you see
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you only get the clear output in this
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easy way you can hide the file path and
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also if you are running Python 3 you can
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add this Python 3. If you are running
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Python 3 so you can do this as well. So
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again if you do this
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I think we have selected this option run
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in terminal. So just make sure that you
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select this option. So after that once
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again you do this run code. So now you
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will see the input function will also
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work. So previously the input function
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was not working because we haven't added
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that Python 3. So if you are using the
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latest version of Python. So just make
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sure that you add Python 3 as well. So
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now we can even use the input function.
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So as soon as we take the input we
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display the output. So in this easy way
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you get a c crystal clear output and you
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actually delete all those clutter
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messages and the file path you can hide
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that file path so you get a clear
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output. So personally I use this setup
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by using this coderunner extension and
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just follow the step-by-step instruction
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that I showed you and you will be able
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to hide the file path and get a clear
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output while running your code in VS
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code. So definitely check this out.
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problem is solved.