How do I disable copilot chat without disabling copilot autocompletions

[Fasteroid]

This was "answered" before in #68276 but the answer provided no longer works.

The original copilot is fantastic, and even funny at times, but copilot chat has gotten in my way more than it's helped over the past week. I'd like to disable it and save some CPU cycles. Has anyone found a way since microsoft (probably deliberately) removed the disable checkbox?

NOTE: Disabling the copilot chat extension also disables the original copilot extension. They seem to be interdependent now with no way to only use one.

[alexisseurin]

[Fasteroid]

To disable Copilot Chat while keeping Copilot autocomplete enabled, follow these steps:

1. Open VS Code and go to Extensions
2. Search for "GitHub Copilot Chat"
3. Disable the Chat extension by clicking on the gear icon next to it and selecting "Disable"
4. Ensure the main Copilot extension is still enabled for autocompletions

I meant to say something in the initial post... this doesn't work—it disables both copilot extensions. They seem to be interdependent now.

[alexisseurin]

I did it! @Fasteroid

First, install another version of Copilot Chat and select version 0.2.0

Next, uninstall Copilot Chat

Finally, restart the extensions

[Fasteroid]

What a hack! I'm kind of amazed that actually works.