If you right click on the item you can remove it from the activity bar.

Additionally if you right click in an open area you can bring it back:

I think this covers your scenario so closing this issue for now - please re-open if there is something we missed.

Thanks,
Sean - VS Code Team Member

@seanmcbreen that s actually not the same feature.
The gutter is the scroll background to the right of the editor.
There you see scm modifications. Those are the one i would like to remove
Can you reopen the issue?
Thanks

I also thought the same as @seanmcbreen, actually. A screenshot is always helpful in these issues. 👍

@joaomoreno your are right! My bad.
Here is a screenshot

@joaomoreno Can you point me to some direction? I digged in for almost an hour, but I couldn't find the point it publishes these infos...

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/337ded059ae5140b86caf07e67ce92a41a8e6581/src/vs/workbench/parts/scm/electron-browser/dirtydiffDecorator.ts#L33-L62

Okay, I made that change, but unfortuanetly, my machine is too weak to build it in an acceptable time to test the changes.

@jens1o Have you pushed a branch to your clone already? Didn't find anything, I'd love to help if necessary 👍

Ah, not yet. I was kinda frustrated and disappointed in me. Will push after lunch and ping you up. Sorry.

@FabianLauer There you go: jens1o@b7b7d25

@jens1o Thanks! No worries, your changes work 😃

Was it solved in 1.16 (August 2017) ?

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "editorOverviewRuler.addedForeground": "#0000",
    "editorOverviewRuler.modifiedForeground": "#0000",
    "editorOverviewRuler.deletedForeground": "#0000",
}

You can now control this with scm.diffDecorations, which has the following possible values: ['all', 'gutter', 'overview', 'none'].

@joaomoreno great news! I dont see that parameter in the insider build yet. Will try an let you know once it s in the insider build

Thanks

@joaomoreno It wasnt very clear to me what the overview option did until I played around with all the values. Would you consider adding more details in the description of the setting?