Removing the file preview on the right side of the editor in VS Code

Question

This beauty appeared after a recent update, and it is very distracting to me.

I searched through the menus, but didn\'t find any setting to remove it. Is th

Answer 1

While all the answers here will accomplish what the original question asks, they are showing a dated, manual way of hiding the minimap. Current versions of Code have a "Toggle Minimap" item in the View menu, which will hide the minimap without the need to edit anything manually in User Settings.