Microsoft Visual Studio Code

How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your system

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. More information about the app Microsoft Visual Studio Code can be seen at https://code.visualstudio.com/. The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's preference. The full command line for uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Code is C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. Microsoft Visual Studio Code's primary file takes around 87.89 MB (92160104 bytes) and is called Code.exe.

The following executables are installed along with Microsoft Visual Studio Code. They occupy about 94.80 MB (99408664 bytes) on disk.

• Code.exe (87.89 MB)
• unins000.exe (1.19 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (283.08 KB)
• rg.exe (4.98 MB)
• CodeHelper.exe (73.08 KB)
• inno_updater.exe (404.07 KB)

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This page is about Microsoft Visual Studio Code version 1.39.2 only. You can find below info on other versions of Microsoft Visual Studio Code:

• 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
• 0.10.10
• 0.10.11
• 1.0.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.2.0
• 1.15.0
• 1.1.0
• 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
• 1.19.3
• 1.19.2
• 1.20.1
• 1.20.0
• 1.21.0
• 1.21.1
• 1.22.1
• 1.23.1
• 1.70.2
• 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
• 1.28.0
• 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

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code

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

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\chrome_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\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\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
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\osmesa.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\snippets\batchfile.snippets.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\syntaxes\batchfile.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\syntaxes\clojure.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\snippets\coffeescript.snippets.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\syntaxes\coffeescript.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\dist\extension.js
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\dist\nls.metadata.header.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\dist\nls.metadata.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\schemas\attachContainer.schema.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\schemas\devContainer.schema.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\snippets\c.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\snippets\cpp.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\syntaxes\c.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\syntaxes\cpp.embedded.macro.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\syntaxes\cpp.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\syntaxes\platform.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\snippets\csharp.json

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EA457B21-F73E-494C-ACAB-524FDE069978}_is1

Additional registry values that you should delete:

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

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

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is an application marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Some computer users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this by hand takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





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

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Code or simply activate the Search field and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Code". The Microsoft Visual Studio Code application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Microsoft Visual Studio Code in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Microsoft Visual Studio Code, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance 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. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code.


8. After removing Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Visual Studio Code that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Microsoft Visual Studio Code with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.