Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 from your system

This web page is about Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer directory. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's choice. The entire uninstall command line for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe /uninstall. The program's main executable file is titled vs_installer.exe and occupies 146.12 KB (149624 bytes).

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 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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This info is about Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 1.9.30330.1 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017:

• 1.0.21110.1
• 1.2.21208.4
• 1.2.21214.1
• 1.2.21220.1
• 1.5.30308.1
• 1.3.30130.1
• 1.5.30227.2
• 1.3.30114.1
• 1.9.30314.1
• 1.11.33282.724
• 1.10.30412.1
• 1.4.30204.2
• 1.9.30317.2
• 1.10.30629.0
• 1.9.30405.1
• 1.10.30634.0
• 1.9.30413.1
• 1.10.30640.0
• 1.10.30604.0
• 1.10.30635.0
• 1.10.30637.0
• 1.11.31053.510
• 1.11.33214.616
• 1.11.32156.526
• 1.11.33276.719
• 1.11.33287.817
• 1.11.33258.710
• 1.11.33284.727
• 1.5.30411.1
• 1.10.30642.0
• 1.12.76.824
• 1.11.33288.831
• 1.12.111.1002
• 1.12.95.915
• 1.12.47.803
• 1.12.108.927
• 1.5.30604.0

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Assets\Installer.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\content_shell.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\LICENSES.chromium.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\node.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.pri
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.scale-140.pri
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\Resources.scale-180.pri
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\CheckHyperVHost.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Common.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Download.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Engine.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\cs\Setup.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\de\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Common.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\resources\app\layout\de\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Download.resources.dll

Usually the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F320B93-EE3C-4826-85E0-ADF79F8D4C61}

How to delete Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is an application marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All 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". The Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.