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title: Synchronization between Visual Studio Code and a ServiceNow instance
description: You can synchronize your applications between Visual Studio Code and your ServiceNow instance.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [ServiceNow Extensions for Visual Studio Code, Building pro-code applications, Developing your application, Building applications]
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# Synchronization between Visual Studio Code and a ServiceNow instance

You can synchronize your applications between Visual Studio Code and your ServiceNow instance.

## Synchronization

Changes made to your applications in Visual Studio Code are stored on your local file system only until you synchronise with your instance.

Synchronization accounts for the following changes:

-   File modifications on the instance or in the local file system
-   File creation on the instance or in the local file system
-   File deletion on the instance or in the local file system

You can sync your currently selected record or all records in the current application.

-   **[Sync the current file between a Visual Studio Code workspace and a ServiceNow instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/sync-current-file.md)**  
Identify conflicting files and merge or overwrite the changes, between the current file in your Visual Studio Code workspace and your instance.
-   **[Synchronize the current project between a Visual Studio Code workspace and a ServiceNow instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/synchronize-files.md)**  
Synchronize files between the Visual Studio Code workspace \(client/local\) and the instance \(server\) bi-directionally.

**Parent Topic:**[ServiceNow Extensions for Visual Studio Code](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/vs-code.md)