Remove sections from VS2017 Pending Changes panel

Question

We are still getting adjusted to VS2017, after upgrading from VS2010, and noticed that the Pending Changes panel was redesigned sometime between these releases. Our team of 2 will never use the Related Work Items and Notes (Code Reviewer, Security Reviewer, etc.) sections so is it possible to remove them somehow?

I realize each sections can be closed but this is not restored with future VS sessions and, even so, they still take up valuable real estate. FWIW, replacing the simple checkboxes with the "Included Changes" and "Excluded Changes" sections seems to require many more clicks than before.

Answer 1

You can't remove the related work items section. The three "Notes" fields are things that someone configured at some point. You can turn those off in the Team Project Settings section of the team explorer .

Answer 2

The Notes is not a new feature in VS2017. Administrators of Team Foundation version control can add, configure, and remove check-in notes .

To remove check-in notes

1. On the Team menu, click Team Project Settings , and then click Source Control .
2. In the Source Control Settings dialog box, click the Check-in Notes tab.
3. Select the check-in note title that you want to remove, and click Remove .

As for the Related Work Items , it's not possible to disable or fold the section for now. If you need this feature, you could add a uservoice , TFS PM will kindly review your suggestion.