diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 20356fd5..b6926a32 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
   "files.associations": {
     ".eslintrc.json.typings": "jsonc"
   },
+  // Hide output files from the file explorer, comment this out to see the build output
+  "files.exclude": {
+    "**/lib": true,
+    "**/out": true,
+    "**/out-*": true,
+  },
   "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "non-relative",
   "typescript.preferences.quoteStyle": "single",
   "mochaExplorer.envPath": ".mocha.env",