SQL Server Management Studio 21
How to uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 21 from your computer
This page contains complete information on how to uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 21 for Windows. It was created for Windows by
Microsoft Corporation. You can find out more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates
here. SQL Server Management Studio 21 is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release folder, regulated by the user's option. The complete uninstall command line for SQL Server Management Studio 21 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe. The program's main executable file occupies 53.63 KB (54912 bytes) on disk and is named Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Finalizer.exe.
SQL Server Management Studio 21 is comprised of the following executables which take 28.19 MB (
29564456 bytes) on disk:
- DTA.EXE (121.07 KB)
- DTAEngine.exe (294.01 KB)
- DTASHELL.exe (814.04 KB)
- PROFILER.exe (750.02 KB)
- SQLMonitor.exe (24.03 KB)
- SSBdiagnose.exe (62.04 KB)
- ConflictViewer.exe (26.03 KB)
- ControlService.exe (39.03 KB)
- CopyDatabaseWizard.exe (1.27 MB)
- DatabaseMailWizard.exe (649.55 KB)
- DDConfigCA.exe (151.58 KB)
- Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Finalizer.exe (53.63 KB)
- mspdbsrv.exe (182.06 KB)
- PerfWatson2.exe (53.05 KB)
- SSMS.exe (920.09 KB)
- StorePID.exe (42.59 KB)
- symsrvhost.exe (35.55 KB)
- UserControlTestContainer.exe (30.59 KB)
- vb7to8.exe (3.06 MB)
- VsDebugWERHelper.exe (34.66 KB)
- VSFinalizer.exe (153.05 KB)
- VSHiveStub.exe (32.53 KB)
- vshost-clr2.exe (16.06 KB)
- vshost.exe (16.57 KB)
- vshost32-clr2.exe (16.07 KB)
- vshost32.exe (17.07 KB)
- VSInitializer.exe (83.08 KB)
- VSIXInstaller.exe (447.04 KB)
- VSLaunchBrowser.exe (19.55 KB)
- vsn.exe (17.02 KB)
- VSNgenRunner.exe (30.58 KB)
- VsRegEdit.exe (217.10 KB)
- VSWebHandler.exe (98.13 KB)
- VSWebLauncher.exe (355.14 KB)
- BuildNotificationApp.exe (310.59 KB)
- EndTask.exe (42.06 KB)
- TF.exe (374.55 KB)
- TFSBuild.exe (177.06 KB)
- TfsDeleteProject.exe (28.08 KB)
- TFSSecurity.exe (55.56 KB)
- vsDiffMerge.exe (253.58 KB)
- witadmin.exe (226.54 KB)
- winpty-agent.exe (907.56 KB)
- OpenConsole.exe (1.10 MB)
- Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Workspaces.MSBuild.BuildHost.exe (435.88 KB)
- InteractiveHost64.exe (146.77 KB)
- InteractiveHost32.exe (20.80 KB)
- InteractiveHost64.exe (20.30 KB)
- VsDebugConsole.exe (250.66 KB)
- CheckHyperVHost.exe (93.13 KB)
- AppxDebugSysTray.exe (67.60 KB)
- msvsmon.exe (4.67 MB)
- VsDebugLaunchNotify.exe (31.19 KB)
- msvsmon.exe (3.81 MB)
- VsDebugLaunchNotify.exe (28.65 KB)
- VsDebugWERHelper.exe (31.16 KB)
- Microsoft.XslDebugger.Host.exe (45.58 KB)
- Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.Host.AnyCPU.exe (62.05 KB)
- ServiceHub.LiveUnitTesting.exe (62.59 KB)
- ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService.exe (62.63 KB)
- ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisServiceS.exe (62.61 KB)
- ServiceHub.SettingsHost.exe (62.58 KB)
- ServiceHub.TestWindowStoreHost.exe (62.59 KB)
- ServiceHub.ThreadedWaitDialog.exe (62.59 KB)
- ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe (62.58 KB)
- ServiceHub.DataWarehouseHost.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.Host.dotnet.x64.exe (146.06 KB)
- ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe (146.06 KB)
- ServiceHub.IndexingService.exe (146.07 KB)
- ServiceHub.LiveUnitTesting.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.LiveUnitTesting.RemoteSyncManager.exe (146.13 KB)
- ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisServiceS.exe (146.12 KB)
- ServiceHub.TestWindowStoreHost.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.ThreadedWaitDialog.exe (146.07 KB)
- ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.Host.Extensibility.x64.exe (146.10 KB)
- ServiceHub.DataWarehouseHost.exe (62.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.Host.netfx.x64.exe (61.59 KB)
- ServiceHub.IntellicodeModelService.exe (62.10 KB)
- ServiceHub.DataWarehouseHost.exe (62.59 KB)
- ServiceHub.Host.netfx.x86.exe (62.06 KB)
- ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe (62.58 KB)
- dotnet.exe (153.76 KB)
- createdump.exe (70.34 KB)
- MSBuild.exe (426.78 KB)
- MSBuildTaskHost.exe (329.30 KB)
- Tracker.exe (168.52 KB)
- MSBuild.exe (425.77 KB)
- MSBuildTaskHost.exe (328.80 KB)
- Tracker.exe (200.05 KB)
- Tracker.exe (197.61 KB)
- VSDiagnostics.exe (137.05 KB)
...click to view all...The information on this page is only about version
21.2.5 of SQL Server Management Studio 21. Click on the links below for other SQL Server Management Studio 21 versions:
If you are manually uninstalling SQL Server Management Studio 21 we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders that were found:- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio
The files below are left behind on your disk by SQL Server Management Studio 21's application uninstaller when you removed it:- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\autoadmin.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\batchparser.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\dbmmonitor.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\DTA.EXE
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\DTACLIENT.DLL
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\DTAEngine.exe
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\DTASHELL.exe
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\MsEnvMui_Brand_708_0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\SsmsMui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\SsmsMui_Brand_0_100000.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90a.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties100.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties110.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties120.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90a.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.CompilerHostObjectsProxy.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProductKeyDialog.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msdia140.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv100p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv110p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv120p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv121p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv140p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv141p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv150p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv151p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv153p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv155p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv156p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv157p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv158p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv159p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv16p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv17p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv2p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv80p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv90p.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenvp.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\publish.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\textmgrp.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\VBCodeModelExtensibility.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vcsharpextensibilitylib.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\VSDebug.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsext.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp.tlb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.tlb.manifest
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj100.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj110.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj140.olb
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj150.olb
Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\7c2cf101
How to delete SQL Server Management Studio 21 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
SQL Server Management Studio 21 is a program by Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, users try to erase this application. This is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE procedure to erase SQL Server Management Studio 21 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.
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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 get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.
3. Press the General Tools category

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool

5. All the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate SQL Server Management Studio 21 or simply activate the Search field and type in "SQL Server Management Studio 21". If it is installed on your PC the SQL Server Management Studio 21 program will be found automatically. After you select SQL Server Management Studio 21 in the list , the following data about the application is shown to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about SQL Server Management Studio 21, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove SQL Server Management Studio 21.

8. After removing SQL Server Management Studio 21, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong SQL Server Management Studio 21 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling SQL Server Management Studio 21 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, 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 SQL Server Management Studio 21 by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that SQL Server Management Studio 21 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove SQL Server Management Studio 21 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2025-06-11 18:10:41.183