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# Search files on your instance in VS Code

# Search files on your instance in VS Code {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Search and download any script files on your instance using the ServiceNow Extensions for VS Code extension.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## Procedure

1. Open a project in VS Code containing your application.
2. Click the File Search on the status bar on the bottom of the VSCode IDE.  
   You can also use a keyboard shortcut, Control+Shift+P in Windows or Command+Shift+P on MacOS, to open the command palette and choose Now: Global Search from the list.Figure 1. Global File Search command
3. Select the file group from the Select File Group list in the command palette on the top of the screen.  
   Figure 2. Select File Group list
4. Select the file type from the Select a File Type list in the command palette on the top of the screen.  
   Figure 3. Select a file type list
5. Select files from the Select files to download list.  
   Figure 4. Select files to download list

   You can select and download multiple files at a time.  
   The selected files are downloaded to the scratch folder of your application. You can edit the selected files.
6. View more than 10,000 results from your search:
   1. Open settings by selecting Control+, in Windows or Command+, on MacOS.
   2. Enter <kbd class="ph userinput">now</kbd> into the search bar.
   3. Enter the number of records you want to see in the Fetch Records Max Limit settings.  
      Figure 5. Fetch Records Max Limit settings
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**Related tasks**   

* [Create a file in VS Code](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/hSuOnu5kNDchZh9~OXwEKw "Use the ServiceNow extension to create a new file for your application with your project.")