diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts
index c54f5b9a996d40ea7619a3e42e2dcc2ddbeadbee..c21890e685a5db0615f153d47e44608f660b14c3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/common/editor/editorStacksModel.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface IEditorGroup {
 	getEditors(mru?: boolean): EditorInput[];
 	openEditor(editor: EditorInput, options?: IEditorOpenOptions): void;
 	closeEditor(editor: EditorInput): void;
+	closeEditors(except: EditorInput, direction?: Direction): void;
 	closeAllEditors(): void;
 	setActive(editor: EditorInput): void;
 	isActive(editor: EditorInput): boolean;
@@ -66,8 +67,6 @@ export interface IEditorOpenOptions {
 
 /// --- API-End ----
 
-// Close Others
-// Close Editors to the Right
 // Move Editor
 // Move Group
 
@@ -273,6 +272,32 @@ export class EditorGroup implements IEditorGroup {
 		this._onEditorClosed.fire(editor);
 	}
 
+	public closeEditors(except: EditorInput, direction: Direction): void {
+		const index = this.indexOf(except);
+		if (index === -1) {
+			return; // not found
+		}
+
+		// Close to the left
+		if (direction === Direction.LEFT) {
+			for (let i = index - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+				this.closeEditor(this.editors[i]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Close to the right
+		else if (direction === Direction.RIGHT) {
+			for (let i = this.editors.length - 1; i > index; i--) {
+				this.closeEditor(this.editors[i]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Both directions
+		else {
+			this.mru.filter(e => e !== except).forEach(e => this.closeEditor(e));
+		}
+	}
+
 	public closeAllEditors(): void {
 
 		// Optimize: close all non active editors first to produce less upstream work
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/common/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/common/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts
index d6ee8d8bc341a7f9ea4bf302eb34a0a4f368b86b..71ebe46d2a838b13d4bb326354e5984aa40175a0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/common/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/common/editor/editorStacksModel.test.ts
@@ -600,6 +600,62 @@ suite('Editor Stacks Model', () => {
 		assert.equal(group.count, 3);
 	});
 
+	test('Stack - Multiple Editors - Close Others, Close Left, Close Right', function () {
+		const model = create();
+		const group = model.openGroup('group');
+
+		const input1 = input();
+		const input2 = input();
+		const input3 = input();
+		const input4 = input();
+		const input5 = input();
+
+		group.openEditor(input1, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input2, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input3, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input4, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input5, { active: true, pinned: true });
+
+		// Close Others
+		group.closeEditors(group.activeEditor);
+		assert.equal(group.activeEditor, input5);
+		assert.equal(group.count, 1);
+
+		group.closeAllEditors();
+		group.openEditor(input1, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input2, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input3, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input4, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input5, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.setActive(input3);
+
+		// Close Left
+		assert.equal(group.activeEditor, input3);
+		group.closeEditors(group.activeEditor, Direction.LEFT);
+		assert.equal(group.activeEditor, input3);
+		assert.equal(group.count, 3);
+		assert.equal(group.getEditors()[0], input3);
+		assert.equal(group.getEditors()[1], input4);
+		assert.equal(group.getEditors()[2], input5);
+
+		group.closeAllEditors();
+		group.openEditor(input1, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input2, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input3, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input4, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.openEditor(input5, { active: true, pinned: true });
+		group.setActive(input3);
+
+		// Close Right
+		assert.equal(group.activeEditor, input3);
+		group.closeEditors(group.activeEditor, Direction.RIGHT);
+		assert.equal(group.activeEditor, input3);
+		assert.equal(group.count, 3);
+		assert.equal(group.getEditors()[0], input1);
+		assert.equal(group.getEditors()[1], input2);
+		assert.equal(group.getEditors()[2], input3);
+	});
+
 	test('Stack - Multiple Editors - real user example', function () {
 		const model = create();
 		const group = model.openGroup('group');