How to Remove Trailing Spaces in Visual Studio Code(VS Code)

A Developer asked on Stackoverflow platform : –

Is there a way to remove trailing spaces in Visual Studio Code (automatically or with a shortcut)?

The solution to this problem is simple:

Solution 1

Go to File → Preference → Settings → search for “trim”:

Check the “Trim Trailing Whitespace” option – “When enabled, will trim trailing whitespace when saving a file”.

Solution 2

Not only can you change the Visual Studio Code settings to trim trailing whitespace automatically, but you can also do this from the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P):

Solution 3

You can also use the keyboard shortcut:

Windows, Linux: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X
Mac: ⌘ + k, ⌘ + x.

Resources

• Remove Trailing Spaces Automatically
• Trim trailing whitespace in Visual Studio Code

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