How to turn off (again?) light grey background color at left border?

Claudia Svenson

Since a few weeks at the left border of an open file tab a grey column appears. See attached snapshot

I am not sure if the default setting in NP++ changed or I switched accidentally an option.

How can I make this grey background pure white (again?)?
The margin itself between window border and beginning of text line should be kept

grey column.png

guy038

It’s a new feature that you can easily switch off. Refer to the post below :

Best Regards,

guy038

Alan Kilborn

If you want to switch off all good functionality in Notepad++, perhaps consider using this alternative, which comes with Windows:

Go to the Windows menu, and type notepad.exe and press Enter.