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A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 from your computer

Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. It is made by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is commonly set up in the C:\BuildTools directory, regulated by the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Visual Studio Build Tools 2022. The program's main executable file is titled Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ToastNotification.exe and occupies 201.06 KB (205888 bytes).

The executables below are part of Visual Studio Build Tools 2022. They occupy an average of 6.00 MB (6290056 bytes) on disk.

  • feedback.exe (303.58 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (51.05 KB)
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.ToastNotification.exe (201.06 KB)
  • setup.exe (2.99 MB)
  • VSInstallerElevationService.exe (41.58 KB)
  • vswhere.exe (458.45 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (202.05 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (31.12 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (202.09 KB)
  • vs_layout.exe (258.07 KB)
  • dump64.exe (42.01 KB)
  • dump64a.exe (47.05 KB)
  • setup.exe (334.57 KB)
  • BackgroundDownload.exe (249.58 KB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (93.13 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (32.53 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (65.06 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (25.06 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (447.04 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 17.14.4 of Visual Studio Build Tools 2022. You can find here a few links to other Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 releases:

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If you are manually uninstalling Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90a.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties100.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties110.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties120.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90a.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.CompilerHostObjectsProxy.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProductKeyDialog.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msdia140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv100p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv110p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv120p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv121p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv140p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv141p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv150p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv151p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv153p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv155p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv156p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv157p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv158p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv159p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv16p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv17p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv2p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv80p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv90p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenvp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\publish.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\textmgrp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VBCodeModelExtensibility.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vcsharpextensibilitylib.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VSDebug.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsext.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vshelp80.tlb.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj100.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj110.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj140.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj150.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj157.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj158.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj165.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj2.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj80.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vslangproj90.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VsLogP.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsmso.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\vsprojhostproc.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\Automation\VxExtensibilitylib.tlb

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\970058c5


How to delete Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is a program by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this by hand requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action to remove Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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3. Click on the General Tools category
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5. All the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 or simply click the Search field and type in "Visual Studio Build Tools 2022". If it is installed on your PC the Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 program will be found automatically. After you click Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 in the list of programs, the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Visual Studio Build Tools 2022, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Visual Studio Build Tools 2022.
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8. After uninstalling Visual Studio Build Tools 2022, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, 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 recommendation to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 in case 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' computers.

2025-06-06 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-06-06 10:57:40.917