How to turn off brackets/quotes auto-completion in Visual Studio

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As it states in the title: how to I turn off brackets/quotes/curly braces autocompletion in MSVS? I'm interested in C# and XAML mostly but other text editors would be nice too.

EDIT: Currently I'm using MSVS 11 with these extensions:

AnkhSVN
Concurrency Visualizer
PreEmptive Analytics Aggregator Visualizer
MSVS PerfWatson
VsGraphicsDebuggerPkg
Web Tooling Extensions

Most of them must have been pre-installed with msvs installation, since I cannot recall installing them by myself ;)

EDIT2: I'm using msvs in this version: Version 11.0.50323.1 QRELB

EDIT3:
I found out the problem does not occur in currently available msvs11.

Charity answered 15/6, 2012 at 17:52 Comment(3)

Do you have an extension like ReSharper. I am not aware of any built in functionality to do this. – Attainable 15/6, 2012 at 17:56

I edited my question so it respondes to your question. – Charity 15/6, 2012 at 18:20

It must be something new to Visual Studio 11, which I believe was renamed 2012. You may want to use the version specific tag since you are using a beta/rc. – Attainable 15/6, 2012 at 18:59

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If anyone is having this issue with VS 2013, there is a setting for this now. I just reset my VS settings and it started to complete my braces again. For me, it wasn't productivity power tools. You can turn it on/off here:

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Scrivner answered 12/3, 2014 at 17:49 Comment(9)

Alas it doesn't have any effect on the Watch Window among other things. – Saltwater 18/12, 2014 at 0:35

Doesn't work in VS2012 as per the question's tag. The Resharper suggestion from another answer's comments does however work. – Sequestrate 9/4, 2015 at 11:10

But is there a way to disable the completion of double-quotes instead of just the braces. When you start type the opening double-quotes, it completes the closing one and that's annoying for me (wasn't like that until VS2013)... – Catboat 27/7, 2015 at 12:58

For C/C++ it's just Tools > Options > Text Editor > c/c++ > Automatic brace completion – Haywoodhayyim 14/1, 2016 at 19:19

To add to @DougNull's comment, I found it convenient to disable it in "Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> All Languages" and be done with it. – Whitecap 21/7, 2016 at 15:8

In VS 2015 it has been moved from C# to All Languages. – Tetragrammaton 21/9, 2016 at 22:56

Why in the name of god this option is not shown in the Text Editor -> C# settings when you search for 'brace' is beyond me... imgur.com/a/vW2Z2 – Gnome 19/10, 2016 at 6:40

Works for VS2017! "Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> All Languages" – Lubberly 22/6, 2017 at 8:45

in vs 2015 it keeps reverting to checked after unchecking once per day. I set it in the morning and the rest of the day I am ok until the next day and I have to uncheck it again. – Beano 26/6, 2017 at 14:23

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If anyone is by chance using Resharper you may also want to adjust the settings in

(Resharper Menu, Options) - Environment -> Editor -> Editor Behavior

and

(Resharper Menu, Options) - Environment -> Intellisense -> Completion Behavior

according to your personal preferences, in addition to the built-in Visual Studio settings mentioned by others.

Selfregulated answered 10/11, 2015 at 15:27 Comment(4)

The first one of those is what worked for me (btw I'm not using C# but C++ with ReSharper C++). Changing the Visual Studio settings in the VS options wasn't enough. – Whitecap 18/6, 2016 at 13:52

To add to my previous comment: changing the R# setting alone isn't enough either. Both the VS settings and the R# setting needs to be changed. – Whitecap 21/7, 2016 at 14:59

This also works for Visual Studio 2017 with the latest edition of ReSharper. – Rounded 18/10, 2017 at 9:40

I don't understand the difference between these two settings. I turned both off! – Decasyllable 18/8, 2022 at 12:45

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For Visual Studio 2017:

C# only:

Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > General > Automatic brace completion

All languages:

Tools > Options > Text Editor > All Languages > General > Automatic brace completion

Spurious answered 1/8, 2017 at 19:18 Comment(5)

Doesn't work in VS 2017. It doesn't save this option. – Lowborn 30/10, 2017 at 16:25

@JanMacháček I seem to have left out the "Text Editor" part of the path. You should be able to find it now. – Spurious 7/11, 2017 at 14:0

Works in VS 2019, too – Chat 28/11, 2020 at 18:51

Doesn't work for quotes!!! – Jumbuck 24/8, 2022 at 14:16

Tested in VS2022 and it still works for brackets and quotes. – Spurious 7/9, 2022 at 15:43

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I realize you did not mention the Productivity Power Tools, however it is very easy to turn off with this. This package can be downloaded via nuget I believe.

Once downloaded go to Tools - Options - Productivity Power Tools - then on the right you will see auto Brace Completion. Turn off!

Skiba answered 15/6, 2012 at 18:27 Comment(3)

I didn't mention it because I'm not using it - that's the only reason. Unfortunatelly PPT did not run under msvs 11 @ the time I was installing the IDE. – Charity 15/6, 2012 at 18:35

Well my last stab at it. you can install re-sharpers 30 day trail and then turn it off. Under options - Environment - Editor – Skiba 15/6, 2012 at 20:5

@retslig, That fixed my vs 2010 brace completion issue! Thanks. – Abattoir 4/1, 2013 at 16:27

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To turn off the double-quote auto complete for XAML in Visual Studio 2015, it is:

Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> XAML -> Miscellaneous -> Attribute quotes

Mandate answered 1/2, 2017 at 16:30 Comment(1)

Thank you. It is terrible in the XAML editor. I don't know how they thought it would be a productivity gain to have to reach over to End, ->, or Del as you're trying to type your XAML. – Rice 23/9, 2019 at 22:56

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For those using the 2017 mac version of visual studio: Preferences > Text Editor > Behavior > Automatic Behaviors > "Insert matching brace"

Frauenfeld answered 8/2, 2018 at 23:8 Comment(2)

This answer does not answer how to turn off automatic quote completion. Does anyone know how to do this? Examining the same areas of Visual Studio 2017, I don't find a command for quotation marks and auto-completion. – Calendula 14/8, 2018 at 15:16

This setting doesn't seem to actually disable auto brace insertion. Does VS for Mac need to be restarted? Tried closing and reopening the file, no luck. Using vs vim extension, wonder if that's conflicting... – Trask 11/12, 2018 at 5:9

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Version 17.2.3 of Visual Studio: Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Uncheck Automatic Brace Completion

Terebinthine answered 26/9, 2022 at 21:44 Comment(0)

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Click on Tools / Options menu, go to Text Editor / All Languages / General and then disable the option "Automatic brace completion".

You can also search for the option using the keyword 'brace'

Phytosociology answered 2/6, 2022 at 10:1 Comment(0)

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Regarding ReSharper, you might also need to Clear chaches after adjusting settings as Nate Cook described.

Tonsure answered 19/10, 2019 at 14:59 Comment(1)

Hi @albin, this will look like a comment, unless you add some more information that make your answer a complete solution to the original question. – Desorb 19/10, 2019 at 15:17

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