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A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 from your computer

This info is about Visual Studio Community 2019 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by Microsoft Corporation. Additional info about Microsoft Corporation can be read here. Visual Studio Community 2019 is commonly set up in the C:\Setup\Visual Studio directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. Visual Studio Community 2019's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. vs_installer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 204.59 KB (209496 bytes) on disk.

Visual Studio Community 2019 installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 54.24 MB (56875592 bytes) on disk.

  • setup.exe (497.38 KB)
  • vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (204.59 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (30.62 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (83.13 KB)
  • handle.exe (415.63 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (36.08 KB)
  • Setup.exe (147.41 KB)
  • Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (206.60 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.exe (15.38 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.x86.exe (16.09 KB)
  • BackgroundDownload.exe (63.40 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (26.36 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (202.86 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (22.91 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (414.56 KB)
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The current page applies to Visual Studio Community 2019 version 16.4.29728.190 alone. Click on the links below for other Visual Studio Community 2019 versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling Visual Studio Community 2019 we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community

The files below remain on your disk by Visual Studio Community 2019's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\BlendMui_Brand_708_10000.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\cmddefui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.ApplicationUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvmui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\MsEnvMui_Brand_708_0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\msenvui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\UpgradeReport.xslt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vb7to8ui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vbdebugui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\VsGraphicsMui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vslogui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\vsslnui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\VsWizUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1033\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dsref80.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90a.olb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties100.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties110.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties120.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90a.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.CompilerHostObjectsProxy.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProductKeyDialog.tlb
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.manifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msdia140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv100p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv110p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv120p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv121p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv140p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv141p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv150p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv151p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv153p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv155p.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv156p.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\fbe2d8e2

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.FriendlyAppName


A way to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2019 is a program offered by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people try to erase this application. This can be hard because deleting this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE manner to erase Visual Studio Community 2019 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Visual Studio Community 2019 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Visual Studio Community 2019". The Visual Studio Community 2019 program will be found very quickly. After you click Visual Studio Community 2019 in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Visual Studio Community 2019, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Visual Studio Community 2019.
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8. After uninstalling Visual Studio Community 2019, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Visual Studio Community 2019 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Community 2019 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, nor are we saying that Visual Studio Community 2019 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2020-01-31 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-01-31 16:51:04.530