Question: I want to remove the highlighting of a tag when my cursor is on it. For example Visual Studio Code shows a paragraph tag like this: `[<]p[>]` where I want it to show like this `<p>`. See image for an example.

[Example image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jnU8e.png)

Answer: 
It appears that this has changed since the other answers were posted:

`Value is not accepted. Valid values: "always", "near", "never".(1)`

Use this instead:

`"editor.matchBrackets": "never"`
Try this

```
"editor.selectionHighlight": false

```

Ref -> <https://www.samundra.com.np/disable-annoying-highlight-in-visual-studio-code/1666>