# Stop Julia sidebar from appearing automatically every time I display a plot in VS Code

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-sidebar-from-appearing-automatically-every-time-i-display-a-plot-in-vs-code/62859>\
**Category:** VS Code\
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-sidebar-from-appearing-automatically-every-time-i-display-a-plot-in-vs-code/62859 "2021-06-14T02:47:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ettersi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ettersi/32/6829_2.png) [@ettersi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ettersi)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-sidebar-from-appearing-automatically-every-time-i-display-a-plot-in-vs-code/62859/1 "2021-06-14T02:47:42Z")

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**Steps to reproduce:** In the VS Code REPL, type

```julia
using PyPlot
plot([0,1],[0,1])
display(gcf())

```

**What I expected to happen:** A new plot pane opens up to display the plot.

**What actually happens:** The above, but in addition it also opens the Julia side bar.

Is there a way to stop the sidebar from appearing?

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**Author:** ![ggarza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ggarza/32/2654_2.png) [@ggarza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ggarza)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-sidebar-from-appearing-automatically-every-time-i-display-a-plot-in-vs-code/62859/2 "2021-06-14T04:43:19Z")

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In the settings for VSCode, search for the option “Julia: Use Plot Navigator” and unselect it.

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**Author:** ![ptoche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ptoche/32/23554_2.png) [@ptoche](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ptoche)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stop-julia-sidebar-from-appearing-automatically-every-time-i-display-a-plot-in-vs-code/62859/3 "2021-06-14T05:34:01Z")

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It will look like this:

 ![a](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/c/6/c6288c1d70d3af534b212d9ee81d9d0a84f2c271.png)