Natural sort in File Explorer

Question

In the File Explorer of Visual Studio Code, my files are sorted in alphabetical order, with 10, 11, 12 coming before 1, 2, 3.

I would like them to be sorted in natural order, with 10, 11 and 12 sorted after 1, 2 and 3.

How can I apply natural sort order?

robertspierre · Accepted Answer · 2025-11-13 10:00:03Z

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Press CTRL+P, search for the option explorer.sortOrderLexicographicOptions, and change it from unicode to default:

Now file in File Explorer are sorted in natural order:

answered Nov 13 at 10:00

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