fixes #89574

src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menu.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ScrollbarVisibility, ScrollEvent } from 'vs/base/common/scrollable';
 import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { AnchorAlignment } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/contextview/contextview';
 import { isLinux, isMacintosh } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
+import { stripCodicons } from 'vs/base/common/codicons';
 
 export const MENU_MNEMONIC_REGEX = /\(&([^\s&])\)|(^|[^&])&([^\s&])/;
 export const MENU_ESCAPED_MNEMONIC_REGEX = /(&)?(&)([^\s&])/g;
@@ -471,7 +472,7 @@ class BaseMenuActionViewItem extends BaseActionViewItem {
 		if (this.options.label) {
 			clearNode(this.label);
 
-			let label = this.getAction().label;
+			let label = stripCodicons(this.getAction().label);
 			if (label) {
 				const cleanLabel = cleanMnemonic(label);
 				if (!this.options.enableMnemonics) {

src/vs/base/common/codicons.ts

@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ export function renderCodicons(text: string): string {
 			: `<span class="codicon codicon-${name}${animation ? ` codicon-animation-${animation}` : ''}"></span>`;
 	});
 }
+
+const stripCodiconsRegex = /(\s)?(\\)?\$\([a-z0-9\-]+?(?:~[a-z0-9\-]*?)?\)(\s)?/gi;
+export function stripCodicons(text: string): string {
+	return text.replace(stripCodiconsRegex, (match, preWhitespace, escaped, postWhitespace) => escaped ? match : preWhitespace || postWhitespace || '');
+}

src/vs/workbench/services/contextmenu/electron-browser/contextmenuService.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/platform/environment/common/environment'
 import { ContextMenuService as HTMLContextMenuService } from 'vs/platform/contextview/browser/contextMenuService';
 import { IThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
 import { registerSingleton } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/extensions';
+import { stripCodicons } from 'vs/base/common/codicons';
 
 export class ContextMenuService extends Disposable implements IContextMenuService {
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ class NativeContextMenuService extends Disposable implements IContextMenuService
 		// Submenu
 		if (entry instanceof ContextSubMenu) {
 			return {
-				label: unmnemonicLabel(entry.label),
+				label: unmnemonicLabel(stripCodicons(entry.label)).trim(),
 				submenu: this.createMenu(delegate, entry.entries, onHide)
 			};
 		}
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ class NativeContextMenuService extends Disposable implements IContextMenuService
 			}
 
 			const item: IContextMenuItem = {
-				label: unmnemonicLabel(entry.label),
+				label: unmnemonicLabel(stripCodicons(entry.label)).trim(),
 				checked: !!entry.checked,
 				type,
 				enabled: !!entry.enabled,