diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff546cfb..1044d3c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,13 +176,19 @@ This app supports open repository in external tools listed in the table below.
 | Visual Studio                 | YES     | NO    | NO    |
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> This app will try to find those tools based on some pre-defined or expected locations automatically. If you are using one portable version of these tools, it will not be detected by this app.
-> To solve this problem you can add a file named `external_editors.json` in app data storage directory and provide the path directly. For example:
+> This app will try to find those tools based on some pre-defined or expected locations automatically. If you are using one portable version of these tools, it will not be detected by this app.  
+> To solve this problem you can add a file named `external_editors.json` in app data storage directory and provide the path directly.  
+> User can also exclude some editors by using `external_editors.json`.
+
+The format of `external_editors.json`:
 ```json
 {
     "tools": {
         "Visual Studio Code": "D:\\VSCode\\Code.exe"
-    }
+    },
+    "excludes": [
+        "Visual Studio Community 2019"
+    ]
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/App.JsonCodeGen.cs b/src/App.JsonCodeGen.cs
index f19480a3..54c1b348 100644
--- a/src/App.JsonCodeGen.cs
+++ b/src/App.JsonCodeGen.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace SourceGit
             typeof(DataGridLengthConverter),
         ]
     )]
-    [JsonSerializable(typeof(Models.ExternalToolPaths))]
+    [JsonSerializable(typeof(Models.ExternalToolCustomization))]
     [JsonSerializable(typeof(Models.HistoryFilterCollection))]
     [JsonSerializable(typeof(Models.InteractiveRebaseJobCollection))]
     [JsonSerializable(typeof(Models.JetBrainsState))]
diff --git a/src/Models/ExternalTool.cs b/src/Models/ExternalTool.cs
index 0042484b..1a51562f 100644
--- a/src/Models/ExternalTool.cs
+++ b/src/Models/ExternalTool.cs
@@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
         public string LaunchCommand { get; set; }
     }
 
-    public class ExternalToolPaths
+    public class ExternalToolCustomization
     {
         [JsonPropertyName("tools")]
         public Dictionary<string, string> Tools { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+        [JsonPropertyName("excludes")]
+        public List<string> Excludes { get; set; } = new List<string>();
     }
 
     public class ExternalToolsFinder
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
                 if (File.Exists(customPathsConfig))
                 {
                     using var stream = File.OpenRead(customPathsConfig);
-                    _customPaths = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(stream, JsonCodeGen.Default.ExternalToolPaths);
+                    _customization = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(stream, JsonCodeGen.Default.ExternalToolCustomization);
                 }
             }
             catch
@@ -125,12 +127,15 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
                 // Ignore
             }
 
-            _customPaths ??= new ExternalToolPaths();
+            _customization ??= new ExternalToolCustomization();
         }
 
         public void TryAdd(string name, string icon, Func<string> finder, Func<string, string> execArgsGenerator = null)
         {
-            if (_customPaths.Tools.TryGetValue(name, out var customPath) && File.Exists(customPath))
+            if (_customization.Excludes.Contains(name))
+                return;
+
+            if (_customization.Tools.TryGetValue(name, out var customPath) && File.Exists(customPath))
             {
                 Tools.Add(new ExternalTool(name, icon, customPath, execArgsGenerator));
             }
@@ -201,6 +206,6 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
             }
         }
 
-        private ExternalToolPaths _customPaths = null;
+        private ExternalToolCustomization _customization = null;
     }
 }