# Make the extension ignore some folders

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-the-extension-ignore-some-folders/124955
**Category:** VS Code
**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-the-extension-ignore-some-folders/124955 "2025-01-20T10:20:15Z")
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### Author: ![Kolaru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kolaru/32/4574_2.png) [@Kolaru](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Kolaru)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/make-the-extension-ignore-some-folders/124955/1 "2025-01-20T10:20:15Z")

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I was using a workspace which includes a (quite big) shared folder. Since VSCode and the julia extension look into the workspace (for some indexing purpose I think), this was putting a bit too much load on the shared folder hardware (and was crippling slow because another user was doing intense IO there).

So, how can I make the the extension ignore a folder?

I can exclude folders from VSCode watcher by setting the `files.watcherExclude` variable. Does this affect the julia extension as well?