How do I disable tabs in Visual Studio Code?

Question

With the new version of Visual Studio Code, tabs are rendered by default. How do I disable / hide them as I really liked the previous behavior without any tabs?

Answer 1

Editor Tabs make their appearance starting with Visual Studio Code version 1.3 (June 2016) and are enabled by default. To disable editor tabs:

1. Open Visual Studio Code User Settings (Preferences → User Settings). This will open two side-by-side documents.
2. Add a new "workbench.editor.showTabs": false, entry (if this is the last entry, omit the trailing comma).
3. Save the User Settings file.