Microsoft Visual Studio Code

How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your PC

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by Microsoft Corporation. More information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen here. You can see more info about Microsoft Visual Studio Code at https://code.visualstudio.com/. Usually the Microsoft Visual Studio Code application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The complete uninstall command line for Microsoft Visual Studio Code is C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe. Code.exe is the Microsoft Visual Studio Code's main executable file and it takes approximately 64.53 MB (67664952 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed along with Microsoft Visual Studio Code. They take about 73.14 MB (76689800 bytes) on disk.

• Code.exe (64.53 MB)
• unins000.exe (1.17 MB)
• rg.exe (3.34 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (296.55 KB)
• CodeHelper.exe (72.05 KB)
• inno_updater.exe (393.05 KB)

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This info is about Microsoft Visual Studio Code version 1.28.0 only. You can find here a few links to other Microsoft Visual Studio Code releases:

• 1.6.1
• 1.52.0
• 0.8.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.10.1
• 0.10.2
• 0.10.3
• 0.10.6
• 0.10.5
• 0.10.8
• 0.10.11
• 0.10.10
• 1.0.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.2.0
• 1.1.0
• 1.15.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.4.0
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.3
• 1.6.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.0
• 1.10.1
• 1.10.0
• 1.10.2
• 1.11.1
• 1.11.2
• 1.11.0
• 1.12.1
• 1.12.2
• 1.13.0
• 1.13.1
• 1.14.1
• 1.14.0
• 1.14.2
• 1.15.1
• 1.16.0
• 1.16.1
• 1.12.0
• 1.17.0
• 1.17.2
• 1.17.1
• 1.18.0
• 1.18.1
• 1.19.1
• 1.5.0
• 1.19.0
• 1.19.2
• 1.19.3
• 1.20.1
• 1.20.0
• 1.21.0
• 1.21.1
• 1.70.2
• 1.22.1
• 1.23.1
• 1.22.2
• 1.23.0
• 1.24.0
• 1.24.1
• 1.25.0
• 1.26.0
• 1.25.1
• 1.27.0
• 1.27.2
• 1.26.1
• 1.27.1
• 1.28.2
• 1.28.1
• 1.29.0
• 1.30.0
• 1.29.1
• 1.30.2
• 1.30.1
• 1.31.1
• 1.31.0
• 1.32.1
• 1.32.2
• 1.32.3
• 1.33.1
• 1.33.0
• 1.34.0
• 1.35.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.36.0
• 1.36.1
• 1.32.0
• 1.37.0
• 1.38.0
• 1.37.1

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

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code

The files below are left behind on your disk by Microsoft Visual Studio Code when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.VisualElementsManifest.xml
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\content_shell.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\th.pak

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0|Common7|IDE|Extensions|Microsoft|Architecture Tools|Repository|Microsoft.VisualStudio.Repository.Code.Native.Loader.dll
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0|Common7|IDE|Extensions|Microsoft|Goto Code|Microsoft.VisualStudio.GotoCode.dll
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EA457B21-F73E-494C-ACAB-524FDE069978}_is1

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to erase Microsoft Visual Studio Code with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is an application by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, users choose to remove this application. This can be easier said than done because removing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK procedure to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Microsoft Visual Studio Code or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Code". If it is installed on your PC the Microsoft Visual Studio Code application will be found very quickly. After you click Microsoft Visual Studio Code in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio Code, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Microsoft Visual Studio Code:

• The web site of the application is: https://code.visualstudio.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Visual Studio Code which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Code using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.