SQL Server Management Studio 21
A guide to uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 21 from your system
You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove SQL Server Management Studio 21 for Windows. It was created for Windows by
Microsoft Corporation. More information on Microsoft Corporation can be seen
here. SQL Server Management Studio 21 is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release folder, depending on the user's option. The full uninstall command line for SQL Server Management Studio 21 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 53.63 KB (54912 bytes) on disk and is titled Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Finalizer.exe.
SQL Server Management Studio 21 is composed of the following executables which take 10.30 MB (
10796000 bytes) on disk:
- DDConfigCA.exe (151.59 KB)
- Microsoft.VisualStudio.Extensibility.Finalizer.exe (53.63 KB)
- PerfWatson2.exe (53.08 KB)
- StorePID.exe (42.61 KB)
- VSFinalizer.exe (153.05 KB)
- VSHiveStub.exe (32.53 KB)
- VSInitializer.exe (83.08 KB)
- VSIXInstaller.exe (447.04 KB)
- VSLaunchBrowser.exe (19.59 KB)
- vsn.exe (17.06 KB)
- VSNgenRunner.exe (30.57 KB)
- VsRegEdit.exe (217.14 KB)
- VSWebHandler.exe (98.12 KB)
- VSWebLauncher.exe (355.16 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)
- CheckHyperVHost.exe (93.13 KB)
- Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (146.10 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 (146.08 KB)
- ServiceHub.Host.dotnet.x64.exe (146.06 KB)
- ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.IndexingService.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.LiveUnitTesting.exe (146.09 KB)
- ServiceHub.LiveUnitTesting.RemoteSyncManager.exe (146.13 KB)
- ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisService.exe (146.12 KB)
- ServiceHub.RoslynCodeAnalysisServiceS.exe (146.12 KB)
- ServiceHub.TestWindowStoreHost.exe (146.10 KB)
- ServiceHub.ThreadedWaitDialog.exe (146.08 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 (143.77 KB)
- createdump.exe (60.30 KB)
- MSBuild.exe (426.78 KB)
- MSBuildTaskHost.exe (329.30 KB)
- Tracker.exe (168.52 KB)
- MSBuild.exe (425.78 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...This page is about SQL Server Management Studio 21 version
21.0.1 alone. You can find below a few links to other SQL Server Management Studio 21 versions:
Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.
Directories that were found:- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio
Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 21:- 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\de\DBMMonitor.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\DTA.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\DTACLIENT.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\DTASHELL.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\Microsoft.SqlServer.ServiceBroker.Diagnostics.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\pfui.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\ReplicationMonitor.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\SQLMonitor.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\de\SSBdiagnose.resources.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\1031\cmddefui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\MsEnvMui_Brand_708_0.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\msenvui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\SsmsMui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\SsmsMui_Brand_0_100000.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\UpgradeReport.xslt
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\vb7to8ui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\vbdebugui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\vslogui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\vsslnui.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\VsWizUI.dll
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21\Release\Common7\IDE\1031\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
Registry keys:- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\b26d7667
How to remove SQL Server Management Studio 21 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
SQL Server Management Studio 21 is a program by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this program. This is difficult because performing this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY practice to uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 21 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 on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your computer.
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- download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.
3. Press the General Tools category

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature

5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you find SQL Server Management Studio 21 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "SQL Server Management Studio 21". If it exists on your system the SQL Server Management Studio 21 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select SQL Server Management Studio 21 in the list of applications, the following data about the application is made available to you:
- Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about SQL Server Management Studio 21, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 21.

8. After removing SQL Server Management Studio 21, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong SQL Server Management Studio 21 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling SQL Server Management Studio 21 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to uninstall SQL Server Management Studio 21 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that SQL Server Management Studio 21 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall 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: 2025-05-24 10:34:08.987