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# Install ServiceNow Extensions for VS Code

# Install ServiceNow Extensions for 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

Download and install ServiceNow extensions to begin editing
your applications in VS Code.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

In order to install ServiceNow
Extensions for Visual Studio Code, you must have VS Code version
1.38.0 or later installed.

## Procedure

1. Open VS Code and navigate to the Extensions tab by clicking the Extensions tab icon (![Extensions tab icon]()) or pressing Control+Shift+X on Windows or Command+Shift+X on MacOS.
2. In the Visual Studio Code Marketplace, enter <kbd class="ph userinput">ServiceNow</kbd> or <kbd class="ph userinput">ServiceNow Extensions</kbd> in the Search Visual Studio Code Extensions search box.
3. Select ServiceNow Extensions for VS Code in the search results and click Install to proceed with installation.
4. After the installation process completes, restart Visual Studio Code.
5. Navigate to ViewCommand Palette in Visual Studio Code.  
   You can also use a keyboard shortcut (Control+Shift+P on Windows and Command+Shift+P on MacOS) to open the command palette.
6. Choose Developer: Reload Window from the list.

## What to do next

Once you reload VS Code [activate](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/MjmPcYtXqgnQyztoL7ae~w "Activate the ServiceNow Extensions for VS Code to be able to edit applications within your ServiceNow instance.") the ServiceNow extension.

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