How may I turn off this Visual Studio Suggestion in a Diff window
18:37 09 Mar 2026
  1. I have a XAML file that I have changed locally and I chose Git >> Compare with Unmodified on the file.
  2. The Visual Studio diff window pops up.
  3. I want to type in the right hand pane to change one of the differences, but every time I move my mouse over it, Visual Studio keeps popping up a little button that says "Stage Change" directly over the word I want to retype.

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I know I can move the window to get around this but is there some way I can simply turn off this "helpful" popup permanently?

What I've tried so far

  • I went through Tools >> Options >> Text Editor >> Code Completions toggling individual settings but it did not appear to alter anything.
  • I went to Tools >> Options >> Intellicode turning off whatever I could. Nothing changed. I even made sure that "Show refactoring Intents with DiffView" was unchecked here.
  • I have Code Lens disabled.
  • I always disable anything having to do with Copilot
  • I turned off Resharper so it's not that
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