Disable the frustrating "Press Ctrl + I to ask Copliot to do something" message on new files and EVERY new cell in a notebook

[bfgdigital]

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The recent change that copilot now pops up everywhere is driving me insane.
I know it's there, I know how to use it, I don't want to see it, I only want to see code suggestions.

Every single time a new cell is created in a python notebook, that damn message pops up again.

It's becoming too in-my-face and I now, for the first time, find myself turning Copilot off because it's annoying.

The setting options are to only turn off the useful features not the annoying, invasive features like these unwelcome messages - so instead the whole thing is canned and disabled and I switch to CodeWhisperer.

Please keep it invisible.

[cztomsik]

Also set "inlineChat.lineNaturalLanguageHint": false, either this one does the trick, or you now need both.

[valentin-huebner]

@cztomsik I needed "inlineChat.lineNaturalLanguageHint": false but did not need "workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden"

[Xiol]

Big fan of the first response to this issue being clearly LLM generated and offering absolutely no value to the conversation at all.

[yurkovych]

"inlineChat.lineNaturalLanguageHint": false

THANK YOU!

[Sudheer104]

Answer from ziishaned I found a way to hide the text that is displayed when the file is empty. To disable the empty state message, open your VS Code settings.json file and add the following content inside it. "workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden"

Thanks this truly work "workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden"

[spitis]

Please, has anyone found a solution for this? I want to use copilot, but this is annoying af.

[rushi055]

workbench.editor.empty.hint: "hidden"

try this in settings.json file

"github.copilot.chat.useProjectTemplates": false,
"github.copilot.chat.welcomeMessage": "never",
"workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden"

[kasir-barati]

It was so nerve wracking for me that I decided to get rid of it all together. My next stop is cody

[FahriBilici]

I have the same problem. it's annoying everytime I clicked the cell, it automatically opens the chat

[stekatag]

I have the same problem as well.

[Roon627]

Anybody got an answer ?

[illusionistlynx]

This is also driving me crazy. I have toggled every setting, disabled every possible interaction and language, etc. Nothing seems to turn this off. On top of that, there appears to be absolutely no way to disable Copilot Chat at all, even though it's a BETA release. Unacceptable. If you are part of an Organization or Enterprise you can disable it for everyone, but not as an individual.

[thangckt]

vote to disable this feature

[vasiljevic]

There is the option github.copilot.chat.welcomeMessage ("Control when to show the detailed welcome chat message") and we just need similar one for the "ask Copilot" message.

[ulayera]

Just cancelled my subscription and uninstalled the extension because of this. Irresponsible decision to override vscode's default message and not adding an easy to find way to disable it.

Edit: For more context, disabling the message doesn't help, because it will also disable the original VSCode Hint that allows you to choose the language of the new file you're creating.

[ziishaned]

I found a way to hide the text that is displayed when the file is empty. To disable the empty state message, open your VS Code settings.json file and add the following content inside it.

"workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden"

[rgs2151]

Thank you!!

[sanzgadea]

Thanks, that worked for me as well

[khanhmay004]

thank so much !!!

[scottsb]

There's also an option in the Preferences UI for this. Just search "empty hint" to pull it up quickly.

[dawid-niedzwiecki]

PLEASE DISABLE IT FOR GODS SAKE IT'S SUCH AN EASY THING TO DO

[dawid-niedzwiecki]

Or just change the shortcut.............

[alexdev888]

same problem in vs code terminal

[wheelerjl]

same problem in vs code terminal

I've got it turned off with this setting. Right clicking the text gave me a "Do you want to disable this?" option that added this setting to my settings.json

"terminal.integrated.initialHint": false,

[chana987]

For anyone who got here because of inline hints being preluded with Press Ctrl+I to continue with Github Copilot... in VSCode, disable in settings:

Github › Copilot › Chat › Inline Chat Hint: Enabled
   Hint for inline chat that shows once a line mostly consists of words.

[VinhNgT]

For anyone who got here because of inline hints being preluded with Press Ctrl+I to continue with Github Copilot... in VSCode, disable in settings:

Github › Copilot › Chat › Inline Chat Hint: Enabled
   Hint for inline chat that shows once a line mostly consists of words.

Seems like it changed

[rafjohnson]

Thanks. Looks like the "Press Ctrl+I..." message ignores the "Disable Completions" setting for the window. This did remove the message.

[sueszli]

It's literally just "inlineChat.lineNaturalLanguageHint": false,..

All suggestions above are wrong.

[cztomsik]

Yes, but "workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden" worked before.

[athena-adam]

Thank you!! the "workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden" seemed to work for a lot of people, but not me.
Your solution, "inlineChat.lineNaturalLanguageHint": false works perfectly! I can now begin to rebuild my sanity.

[pierreBodineau]

Why is an experimental feature activated by default? Beats me...

[spitis]

Just use Cursor guys. It's way better than copilot.

[mahnunchik]

How to completely disable this annoying message?

[mubaidr]

It can be disabled by following setting:

"inlineChat.lineEmptyHint": false

[euanvandenberg]

Remove it from empty files with:

"workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden"

And from the terminal with:

"terminal.integrated.initialHint": false

[slspencer]

Simple UI solutions (maybe not technically simple):

1. 'x' at the right end of the Copilot prompt closes the prompt
2. define "Ctrl-I" to toggle the Copilot prompt on/off

[JiteshJangra]

right click on that message it gives an opton to diable it

[PMaackFT]

But now it no longer gives me the option to select the language I want to use. Which is the thing I was trying to get back. Do you have any idea how to make that come back?

[verbess]

Right-click that message to disable inline chat hint, or add the following to your settings file:

"inlineChat.lineNaturalLanguageHint": false,

[cygnuson]

It would be better to not enable AI slop without asking, but these comments help remove this particular piece.

[king-ayanda]

Agreed. Or at least add one button that completely removes all AI slop. Too bad.

[safakamali]

I and many other people want this text not to be displayed and instead to show an option for selecting the language used like before and it show this window when clicking on it:

[PMaackFT]

Agreed. I really would like the option to use the AI features but having them break the fundamental functionality of being able to pick the language is a deal-breaker for me. It boggles the mind that someone thought it was a good idea to take a thing that existed and replace it with a completely different thing. Why would they not just tack the new thing on the end or above/below it? It's like someone putting new tires on their car, only to find out the new tires make it impossible to open the door, so now you gotta roll the windows down and climb in like the Dukes of Hazard.

[PMaackFT]

Ok, so... A coworker of mine just told me about a handy little feature I'd literally never noticed before. You can select the language from the bottom right (Next to the bell icon) and get the same dialog. I felt INCREDIBLY dumb for not having realized that before, and for my purposes that's an elegant solution to the "problem" I had with selecting a language on new document creation. Maybe it'll be helpful for some others as well.

[inovafani]

You guys want easy fix? check this out, trust me it works!

https://youtu.be/NxxUOaSmZ1Q

[khoalu]

"workbench.editor.empty.hint": "hidden" works, thanks

[lloydjatkinson]

This fixes it for me, I just wish that people didn't have to scroll so far down to see it.

Edit: I spoke too soon it came back again even with this. I'm just going to uninstall CoShit again.

[chriskathumbi]

I had to do so many checks to disable this stuff.
Please put all these chat functions as optional.
I feel like I might just downgrade to the previous version.

[gelembungsahabat]

AI RUINING EVERYTHING

[bfgdigital]

Ok, I think we're done here. Thanks to everyone for your input.

[allefeld]

Turning off inlineChat.lineNaturalLanguageHint worked for me.