Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

A guide to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 from your PC

This page contains detailed information on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Microsoft Corporation. More info about Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary being determined by the user's decision. Microsoft Visual Studio 2017's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe /uninstall. The application's main executable file occupies 146.12 KB (149624 bytes) on disk and is labeled vs_installer.exe.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is comprised of the following executables which occupy 60.10 MB (63019784 bytes) on disk:

vs_installer.exe (146.12 KB)
vs_installershell.exe (59.23 MB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (87.12 KB)
InstallCleanup.exe (42.12 KB)
Setup.exe (111.62 KB)
vs_installer.windows.exe (38.71 KB)
vs_installerservice.exe (14.99 KB)
vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.00 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (43.17 KB)
vsixinstaller.exe (310.18 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.9.30405.1 of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. Click on the links below for other Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Tools for Unity

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\content_resources_200_percent.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\content_shell.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\d3dcompiler_47.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\ffmpeg.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\icudtl.dat
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\libEGL.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\libGLESv2.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\LICENSES.chromium.html
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\am.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ar.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\bg.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\bn.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ca.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\cs.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\da.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\de.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\el.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\en-GB.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\en-US.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\es.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\es-419.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\et.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fa.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fake-bidi.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fi.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fil.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fr.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\gu.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\he.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hi.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hr.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hu.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\id.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\it.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ja.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\kn.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ko.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\lt.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\lv.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ml.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\mr.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ms.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\nb.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\nl.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pl.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pt-BR.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pt-PT.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ro.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ru.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sk.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sl.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sr.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sv.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sw.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ta.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\te.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\th.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\tr.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\uk.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\vi.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\zh-CN.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\zh-TW.pak
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\natives_blob.bin
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\node.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.pri
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.scale-140.pri
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.scale-180.pri
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\CheckHyperVHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Common.resources.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Download.resources.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.resources.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.resources.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Setup.resources.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\de\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Common.resources.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\de\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Download.resources.dll

Registry that is not uninstalled:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio 15.0 Tools for Unity
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EBB845D7FD8BA1047ACB7B95FEBEBD44
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio 15.0 Tools for Unity
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EBB845D7FD8BA1047ACB7B95FEBEBD44\ProductName

A way to delete Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is a program offered by Microsoft Corporation. Some people try to erase this program. This can be easier said than done because doing this manually takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE manner to erase Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:

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5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio 2017". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 in the list of programs, some information about the application is available to you:

Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
Details about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-04-10 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-04-10 20:27:09.023

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