Explorer Notes

A quick notepad right in the Explorer sidebar — always one click away, no matter what project you're in.

Overview

Features

Markdown notes in the Explorer sidebar with live preview
Quick Pick search to find and open notes from the command palette
Sorting by name or modified date via the ... menu
Right-click context menu to rename, delete, duplicate, or reveal notes in Finder
Image paste — copy an image and paste it directly into a note
Global storage — notes live in VS Code's global storage, shared across all workspaces

Open the Notes section at the bottom of the Explorer sidebar. If you have no notes yet, click Create Note to get started.

Empty state

Click any note to open it in the editor. Use the built-in Markdown preview for a side-by-side editing experience.

Markdown editor with preview

Sort notes by name or modified date from the ... menu. The sort option toggles direction — click again to reverse.

Sort menu

Right-click any note to rename, delete, duplicate, or reveal it in Finder. Inline icons for delete and rename are also available on hover.

Right-click context menu

Command	Description
`Notes: Create Note`	Create a new Markdown note
`Notes: Open Note`	Quick Pick search to open a note

All other actions (rename, delete, duplicate, reveal, sort) are available via the sidebar UI.

Notes are stored as .md files in VS Code's global extension storage:

~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/globalStorage/albinbackstrom.explorer-notes/

Notes are shared across all workspaces and windows, and don't pollute your project folders.