How to exclude files from Explorer in VSCode

Visual Studio Code displays the files of the currently open workspace or folder in an Explorer on the left. Sometimes, you may want VSCode to exclude certain files from the Explorer.

To do that:

• Go to File → Preferences → Settings.

• If you want to exclude for all projects, open the User Settings. If you want to exclude only for the current project, open the Workspace Settings.

• Add a files.exclude entry like this:

"files.exclude" : {
    "Makefile": true,
    "*.html": true,
    "build/*": true
}

As shown above, filenames and globbing are allowed.

Tried with: Visual Studio Code 1.25.1 and Windows 10