How do I disable the extra highlighted icon in the bottom bar?

@musm why do you want to disable it?
Takes up unnecessary space in the status bar.
What are you planning to use this space for? How do you turn off other statuses in this part of the footer?
without the plugin

with the plugin

It's unnecessary noise to add it to the status bar
Can you keep it and actually make it bigger? And with a flashing checkmark?
A simple configuration option would be welcome.
There is no need, you can hide what you want in the status bar with the latest vs code 1.36
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_hide-individual-status-bar-items
@musm does @David-Else's solution work for you? Feel free to close this issue if the answer is yes 馃檪
yep
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There is no need, you can hide what you want in the status bar with the latest vs code 1.36
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_hide-individual-status-bar-items