File then Exit Exits out of all windows

[strickerca]

Type: Bug

Clicking exit in one instance of VSCode exits every open instance. This is kind of dumb behavior...

VS Code version: Code 1.115.0 (41dd792, 2026-04-07T22:04:57Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz (8 x 2803)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled GPU0: VENDOR= 0x8086, DEVICE=0x9a49 [Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics], DRIVER_VENDOR=Intel, DRIVER_VERSION=32.0.101.7082 ACTIVE GPU1: VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c [Microsoft Basic Render Driver], DRIVER_VERSION=10.0.26100.8115 Machine model name: Machine model version: direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off trees_in_viz: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.65GB (1.58GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 610fd0e6-ed77-4a8f-92af-ba3e63257398
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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githistory	don	0.6.20
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copilot-chat	Git	0.43.0
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chatgpt	ope	26.5409.20454
tsimporter	pmn	2.0.1
vscode-yaml	red	1.21.0
vscode-gradle	vsc	3.17.2
webnative	Web	2.2.2

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[alexr00]

Sounds like you're looking for the "Close Window" command, which is right above "Exit".