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How can I can disable the "dots" for spaces in Microsoft Visual Studio?

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Reset to default
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Untick Edit -> Advanced -> View White Space.

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  • I wasn't even aware of this option. Either it isn't default, or I turned it off first thing without thinking too much about it.
    – Mark Ransom
    Commented Apr 30, 2010 at 11:43
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    @Mark Ransom: It's off by default. You can put it on by doing Ctrl-R Ctrl-W, which is I guess what the OP has done unintentionally. You can turn it off that way too.
    – Vicky
    Commented Apr 30, 2010 at 11:46
  • In the new versions of VS Code, you'll find the option in View > Render Whitespace
    – Equinox Quasar
    Commented Nov 28, 2021 at 21:42
  • In my version of VS 2019 I can only get rid of the Tab arrows using the recipes suggested, but the 'dots' remain unmoved. Any other ideas?
    – Stanislav Koncebovski
    Commented Jan 25, 2022 at 7:00
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You've enabled "Show spaces". Turn them off with Ctrl+R Ctrl+W, or Edit > Advanced > View Spaces

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For Visual Studio 2010 or later:

Ctrl+E,S

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Keyboard shortcut : Ctrl R + Ctrl W

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  • Would it be possible for you to expand upon your answer? Thanks!
    – user1131435
    Commented May 10, 2014 at 5:36
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    Great answer, but the same answer was made 4 years ago.
    – Karsten
    Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 8:04
  • still working VS 2019
    – Ugur
    Commented Jul 19, 2023 at 12:43
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in VS Version: 1.39.2 - 2019 in the menu view -> Render Whitespace

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in vs2022,it was tools->Text Editor->General->Display->View whitespace

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