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title: Search files on your instance in VS Code
description: Search and download any script files on your instance using the ServiceNow Extensions for VS Code extension.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [ServiceNow Extensions for Visual Studio Code, Building pro-code applications, Developing your application, Building applications]
---

# Search files on your instance in VS Code

Search and download any script files on your instance using the ServiceNow Extensions for VS Code extension.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## Procedure

1.  Open a project in VS Code containing your application.

2.  Click the **File Search** on the status bar on the bottom of the VSCode IDE.

    You can also use a keyboard shortcut, Control+Shift+P in Windows or Command+Shift+P on MacOS, to open the command palette and choose **Now: Global Search** from the list.

    \[Omitted image "vscode-globalsearch.png"\] Alt text: Global Search File command

3.  Select the file group from the **Select File Group** list in the command palette on the top of the screen.

    \[Omitted image "vscode-filegroup.png"\] Alt text: List of file groups

4.  Select the file type from the Select a File Type list in the command palette on the top of the screen.

    \[Omitted image "vscode-filetype.png"\] Alt text: Select a file type list

5.  Select files from the **Select files to download** list.

    \[Omitted image "vscode-listoffiles.png"\] Alt text: Select files to download list

    You can select and download multiple files at a time.

    The selected files are downloaded to the `scratch` folder of your application. You can edit the selected files.

6.  View more than 10,000 results from your search:

    1.  Open settings by selecting Control+, in Windows or Command+, on MacOS.

    2.  Enter `now` into the search bar.

    3.  Enter the number of records you want to see in the Fetch Records Max Limit settings.

        \[Omitted image "vs-code-file-search.png"\] Alt text: Fetch Records Max Limit settings


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