# How can switch between two Julia versions using VS Code?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-switch-between-two-julia-versions-using-vs-code/49472>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-switch-between-two-julia-versions-using-vs-code/49472 "2020-11-02T18:43:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-switch-between-two-julia-versions-using-vs-code/49472/1 "2020-11-02T18:43:54Z")

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I have versions v1.5 and v1.6 installed and VS Code.  
I would like to benchmark both versions.  
How can I quickly switch between them without needing to reconfigure the path every time?  
Ideally I would like to be able to keep simulteneously both sessions running.

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**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-switch-between-two-julia-versions-using-vs-code/49472/2 "2020-11-02T18:46:33Z")

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You don’t.  
I suppose we could make the Julia path a directory-wide setting, such that two instances of VSCode wouldn’t necessarily share it. There _probably_ are a bunch of subtleties to that approach though.

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**Author:** ![tsela](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tsela/32/52174_2.png) [@tsela](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tsela)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-switch-between-two-julia-versions-using-vs-code/49472/3 "2020-11-02T19:33:22Z")

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If you use asdf ([Home | asdf](https://asdf-vm.com/#/)) to handle your Julia versions, you can choose (and change) locally which version of Julia you use (at folder level). But you’ll need to restart VSCode each time.