How do I get these balls out?

Question

How can I get these balls out?

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Answer 1

Removing the space marker

Clutter: CTRL+R+W.

Way: Edit>Advanced>View White Space.

Removing Outlining(Collapse)

To remove the Outlining go in Tools>Options>Text Editor>XML>Miscellaneous and uncheck the option Enter outlining mode when files open

Then just close and open the file

A shortcut is to search for Outlining in the search box

source/documentation

Answer 2

Go to the gear icon and click Settings and search by renderWhitespace.

and changes editor.renderWhitespace: "all" for editor.renderWhitespace: "none"