Editor Tabs make their appearance starting with Visual Studio Code version 1.3 (June 2016) and are enabled by default. To disable editor tabs:
- Open Visual Studio Code User Settings (Preferences → User Settings). This will open two side-by-side documents.
- Add a new
"workbench.editor.showTabs": false,entry (if this is the last entry, omit the trailing comma). - Save the User Settings file.