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- Open user settings (Mac: cmd+, Windows/Linux: ctrl+,).
- If you want this new sort order to apply to all VSCode projects, continue to step three. If you want it to apply only to the currently opened folder/workspace, first click on the “Workspace” tab that’s directly below the settings search bar, then continue to step three.
- Using the settings search bar, search for the following setting ID:
explorer.sortOrder.
- Click the dropdown for that setting and select your preferred sort order (in your case,
modified).
- If you’d like to quickly toggle this setting between different values (via a keyboard shortcut), use the Settings Cycler extension.
