diff --git a/packages/vscode/package.json b/packages/vscode/package.json
index aa445f17e9..02a6ad290d 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/package.json
+++ b/packages/vscode/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
       "type": "object",
       "title": "UnoCSS",
       "properties": {
+        "unocss.disable": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Disable the UnoCSS extension"
+        },
         "unocss.root": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "Project root that contains the UnoCSS configuration file"
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/index.ts b/packages/vscode/src/index.ts
index 7831181ec6..bb3189f4a3 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export async function activate(ext: ExtensionContext) {
     return
 
   const config = workspace.getConfiguration('unocss')
+  const disabled = config.get<boolean>('disable', false)
+  if (disabled)
+    return
+
   const root = config.get<string>('root')
   const cwd = root ? path.resolve(projectPath, root) : projectPath