Visual Studio Community 2017

How to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your system

Visual Studio Community 2017 is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. Check out here for more info on Microsoft Corporation. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called devenv.exe and occupies 689.59 KB (706144 bytes).

The executables below are part of Visual Studio Community 2017. They take an average of 42.01 MB (44047204 bytes) on disk.

DDConfigCA.exe (152.60 KB)
devenv.exe (689.59 KB)
FeedbackCollector.exe (345.60 KB)
PerfWatson2.exe (62.09 KB)
StorePID.exe (47.09 KB)
TCM.exe (194.60 KB)
VSFinalizer.exe (107.09 KB)
VSHiveStub.exe (26.47 KB)
VSInitializer.exe (88.09 KB)
VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (180.48 KB)
VSIXInstaller.exe (339.47 KB)
VSLaunchBrowser.exe (25.10 KB)
vsn.exe (22.59 KB)
VsRegEdit.exe (343.59 KB)
VSWebHandler.exe (101.60 KB)
VSWebLauncher.exe (187.10 KB)
BuildNotificationApp.exe (319.09 KB)
EndTask.exe (47.60 KB)
TF.exe (375.09 KB)
TFSBuild.exe (179.09 KB)
TfsDeleteProject.exe (31.59 KB)
TFSSecurity.exe (60.59 KB)
vsDiffMerge.exe (241.10 KB)
witadmin.exe (232.09 KB)
git.exe (38.27 KB)
blocked-file-util.exe (20.22 KB)
git-credential-store.exe (1.24 MB)
git-credential-wincred.exe (27.81 KB)
git-fast-import.exe (1.27 MB)
git-http-fetch.exe (1.36 MB)
git-http-push.exe (1.37 MB)
git-receive-pack.exe (38.28 KB)
git-remote-https.exe (1.37 MB)
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.exe (1.23 MB)
git-show-index.exe (1.23 MB)
git-upload-pack.exe (1.32 MB)
git.exe (2.27 MB)
i686-w64-mingw32-deflatehd.exe (64.34 KB)
i686-w64-mingw32-inflatehd.exe (61.29 KB)
proxy-lookup.exe (19.63 KB)
git-askpass.exe (214.08 KB)
git-credential-manager.exe (157.58 KB)
GitHub.Authentication.exe (290.50 KB)
awk.exe (563.63 KB)
b2sum.exe (72.64 KB)
basename.exe (32.24 KB)
cat.exe (38.28 KB)
comm.exe (38.18 KB)
cp.exe (107.26 KB)
cut.exe (41.83 KB)
dash.exe (102.08 KB)
date.exe (116.86 KB)
dirname.exe (32.18 KB)
echo.exe (32.55 KB)
env.exe (31.27 KB)
expr.exe (100.16 KB)
false.exe (30.01 KB)
find.exe (259.91 KB)
getfacl.exe (158.69 KB)
getopt.exe (16.95 KB)
grep.exe (212.51 KB)
head.exe (46.49 KB)
ls.exe (138.32 KB)
mkdir.exe (70.80 KB)
mktemp.exe (43.28 KB)
mv.exe (116.93 KB)
pathchk.exe (32.30 KB)
printf.exe (69.53 KB)
pwd.exe (34.08 KB)
readlink.exe (46.10 KB)
rebase.exe (914.61 KB)
rm.exe (62.82 KB)
rmdir.exe (61.04 KB)
sed.exe (161.14 KB)
sh.exe (2.06 MB)
sort.exe (105.99 KB)
ssh-add.exe (367.53 KB)
ssh-agent.exe (382.54 KB)
ssh.exe (718.99 KB)
tail.exe (57.32 KB)
test.exe (67.57 KB)
touch.exe (104.94 KB)
tr.exe (49.27 KB)
true.exe (30.01 KB)
uname.exe (32.17 KB)
uniq.exe (43.75 KB)
wc.exe (47.30 KB)
xargs.exe (64.97 KB)
CheckHyperVHost.exe (88.09 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.CLR.exe (15.45 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x64.exe (14.95 KB)
ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe (15.45 KB)
ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe (13.30 MB)
errlook.exe (56.09 KB)
guidgen.exe (41.59 KB)
makehm.exe (36.59 KB)
MSBuild.exe (297.09 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (212.09 KB)
Tracker.exe (170.59 KB)
MSBuild.exe (296.59 KB)
MSBuildTaskHost.exe (211.09 KB)
Tracker.exe (201.59 KB)

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The current page applies to Visual Studio Community 2017 version 15.5.27130.2020 only. Click on the links below for other Visual Studio Community 2017 versions:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Many times the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\06F460ED2256013369565B3E7EB86383
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\643DD4C59B2DB7B339029A00945D4EB8
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\9d4d6d8b

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\06F460ED2256013369565B3E7EB86383\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\643DD4C59B2DB7B339029A00945D4EB8\ProductName

A way to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2017 is an application released by Microsoft Corporation. Some computer users choose to uninstall this application. This is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY way to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:

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4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs

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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Visual Studio Community 2017 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Visual Studio Community 2017". The Visual Studio Community 2017 program will be found very quickly. After you select Visual Studio Community 2017 in the list of programs, some information about the program is available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Visual Studio Community 2017, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
Details about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Visual Studio Community 2017.
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8. After removing Visual Studio Community 2017, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio Community 2017 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Community 2017 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Visual Studio Community 2017 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Visual Studio Community 2017 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2017 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-01-12 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-01-12 19:02:43.323

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How to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your system

A way to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2017 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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