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A way to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 from your computer

Visual Studio Community 2019 is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is produced by Microsoft Corporation. Further information on Microsoft Corporation can be found here. Visual Studio Community 2019 is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. You can uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 102.89 KB (105360 bytes) on disk and is called vs_installer.exe.

The executables below are part of Visual Studio Community 2019. They take about 55.53 MB (58232080 bytes) on disk.

  • feedback.exe (244.89 KB)
  • setup.exe (1.63 MB)
  • vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
  • vs_installer.exe (102.89 KB)
  • vs_installer.windows.exe (30.43 KB)
  • vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (82.94 KB)
  • handle.exe (415.63 KB)
  • InstallCleanup.exe (38.38 KB)
  • Setup.exe (147.42 KB)
  • Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (206.40 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.exe (15.59 KB)
  • vs_installerservice.x86.exe (15.88 KB)
  • BackgroundDownload.exe (63.41 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (26.35 KB)
  • VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (205.87 KB)
  • VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (22.91 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (422.87 KB)
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This page is about Visual Studio Community 2019 version 16.8.31019.35 only. You can find below info on other versions of Visual Studio Community 2019:

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If you're planning to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community

Files remaining:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\asan_blacklist.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\clang_rt.asan_dynamic-i386.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\BlendMui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\BlendMui_Brand_708_10000.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\cmddefui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.ApplicationUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.VisualStudio.WebUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.VSDesignerUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\Microsoft.Workflow.VSDesignerUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\msenvmui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\MsEnvMui_Brand_708_0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\msenvui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\UpgradeReport.xslt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\vb7to8ui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\vbdebugui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\VsGraphicsMui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\vslogui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\vsslnui.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\VsWizUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\1045\WorkflowProjectUI.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Addins\Addins.Store
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Addins\WorkflowDesigner\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Activities.Addin.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Addins\WorkflowDesigner\pl\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Activities.Addin.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\AddinSideAdapters\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Activities.AddinAdapter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\AddinViews\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Activities.AddinView.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\AddItemTemplateInfo\TypeScriptFolderItemTemplates.xml
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\AddItemTemplateInfo\WebFolderItemTemplates.xml
  • 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\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\Blend.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
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  • 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

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition|dfengine.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition|dfgui.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition|dotfuscator.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition|PreEmptive.Attributes.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition|PreEmptive.ObfuscationAttributes.dll
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Assemblies\C:|Program Files (x86)|Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0|PreEmptive Solutions|Dotfuscator and Analytics Community Edition|TamperTester.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\06F460ED2256013369565B3E7EB86383
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\33B916587D678FF40AD4E665B8C02FA9
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\643DD4C59B2DB7B339029A00945D4EB8
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\03f8ed4c

Additional registry values that you should clean:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Blend.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Blend.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • 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
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\VSWebLauncher.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\VSWebLauncher.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\06F460ED2256013369565B3E7EB86383\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\33B916587D678FF40AD4E665B8C02FA9\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\643DD4C59B2DB7B339029A00945D4EB8\ProductName


How to delete Visual Studio Community 2019 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2019 is an application by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, users want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE practice to remove 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to take care of 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 some time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools button
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Visual Studio Community 2019 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Visual Studio Community 2019". The Visual Studio Community 2019 app will be found very quickly. When you click Visual Studio Community 2019 in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Visual Studio Community 2019, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on 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 2019.
Uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019


8. After uninstalling Visual Studio Community 2019, 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 2019 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Community 2019 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Visual Studio Community 2019 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2021-02-23 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-02-23 15:07:55.253