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How to Backup & Migrate All VSCode IDE Settings,Extensions & Themes & Export it to Local File
Jul 2, 2025
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Uh hello guys, welcome to this video. So
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in this video I will show you how to
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migrate or backup all the VS code
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settings including all the extensions
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settings that you use in VS Code. How to
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import and export all this. So I will
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show you in this tutorial. So first of
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all click on the settings icon and go to
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the settings right here or go to this
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profile. This is actually the profile
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section you want to go to. simply go to
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it and select the total number of
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profiles that you create inside VS code.
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So this is my default profile here. So
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right here you need to click on this
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these three dots which are showing right
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here. Simply click on that and then we
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have this option of export. So what this
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option of export will do it will export
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all the settings extensions that you are
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using inside your VS code. all the
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themes
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it will export them into a single file.
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So here you just need to name the
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profile here. So I will just confirm the
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so you just need to enter the same name
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here which is the default and press
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enter. And now it is asking you whether
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the it needs to push this into a GitHub
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repository or a local file. We need to
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select the second option right here
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which is
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we need to export this to a local file
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inside the computer. So now it will ask
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the location where you may need to save
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it. So simply save it wherever you need
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to save it and click on save. And then
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all your profile data such as your
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extensions, theme information, settings
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are exported to this file. And now if
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you want to import this file, it's very
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easy. Now if you are creating a brand
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new profile or if you are installing a
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new version of VS code and installing it
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for the very first time then you simply
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have this option of import profile. So
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now you just need to click this option
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and uh now we need to click on this
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select file button and here you need to
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locate the file here. So this is
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actually our file which was created
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earlier. We actually exported this
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profile. Now we are importing it. As
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soon as we import it, you will see it
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will export all the settings, keyboard
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shortcuts, snippets, extensions, all the
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settings that you previously exported.
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And now you can give it a name right
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here. So I will say custom profile. And
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once you do this, click on
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you just need to say custom profile 2
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and then click on create. So this will
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create the profile and it will install
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the same extensions that is there inside
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this profile. It is having the same
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settings here. You can see it is doing
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everything as it is. So this is the way
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by which you can create backup or
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migrate your VS code settings from one
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profile to another profile. So if for
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some reason if you are unable to work in
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a certain profile, you can create or
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back up your settings in this easy way.
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