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How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Microsoft Corporation. You can read more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. Please follow if you want to read more on Microsoft Visual Studio Code on Microsoft Corporation's page. Usually the Microsoft Visual Studio Code application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Code is C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. Code.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 132.08 MB (138491304 bytes) on disk.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code contains of the executables below. They take 140.34 MB (147153464 bytes) on disk.




  • Code.exe (132.08 MB)
  • unins000.exe (2.51 MB)
  • rg.exe (4.51 MB)
  • winpty-agent.exe (861.41 KB)
  • inno_updater.exe (411.41 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 1.70.3 of Microsoft Visual Studio Code. You can find below info on other versions of Microsoft Visual Studio Code:

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{D6E42F04-0A50-43FD-A22E-7E03BC24C866}C:\program files\microsoft vs code\code.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{E2984AD0-F23E-4CAF-BA05-9C6DD9CA277C}C:\program files\microsoft vs code\code.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{0A25372E-9459-482C-8CC6-A37C41A81934}C:\program files\microsoft vs code\code.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{1E009F02-1689-4171-AF24-B41C481FDF4D}C:\program files\microsoft vs code\code.exe


A way to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a program marketed by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people choose to erase it. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this by hand requires some know-how regarding PCs. One of the best EASY action to erase Microsoft Visual Studio Code 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Microsoft Visual Studio Code or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Code". The Microsoft Visual Studio Code program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Microsoft Visual Studio Code in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Microsoft Visual Studio Code, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Microsoft Visual Studio Code:





  • The software company is: https://code.visualstudio.com/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
Uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2022-09-03 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-09-03 17:45:24.617