diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 546d14bd3..1a08d0898 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Place your settings in this file to overwrite default and user settings.
 {
 	"files.exclude": {
-		"out": false // set this to true to hide the "out" folder with the compiled JS files
+		"out": false, // set this to true to hide the "out" folder with the compiled JS files
+		".vscode-sandbox": true
 	},
 	"search.exclude": {
 		"out": true // set this to false to include "out" folder in search results
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
 	"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
 	// Turn off tsc task auto detection since we have the necessary tasks as npm scripts
 	"typescript.tsc.autoDetect": "off",
-	"npm.exclude": "**/.sandbox/**/*",
+	"npm.exclude": "**/.vscode-sandbox/**/*",
 	"cSpell.words": [
 		"Autoformatting",
 		"camelize",