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A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 for Windows. It was created for Windows by Microsoft Corporation. You can find out more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. Visual Studio Community 2019 is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community directory, regulated by the user's decision. The full uninstall command line for Visual Studio Community 2019 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe. devenv.exe is the Visual Studio Community 2019's main executable file and it takes circa 731.63 KB (749184 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Visual Studio Community 2019. They occupy an average of 20.96 MB (21981512 bytes) on disk.

  • DDConfigCA.exe (151.63 KB)
  • devenv.exe (731.63 KB)
  • FeedbackCollector.exe (331.59 KB)
  • PerfWatson2.exe (61.57 KB)
  • StorePID.exe (46.62 KB)
  • VSFinalizer.exe (106.57 KB)
  • VSHiveStub.exe (26.35 KB)
  • VSInitializer.exe (88.07 KB)
  • VSIXInstaller.exe (411.85 KB)
  • VSLaunchBrowser.exe (25.29 KB)
  • vsn.exe (22.54 KB)
  • VsRegEdit.exe (341.70 KB)
  • VSWebHandler.exe (102.69 KB)
  • VSWebLauncher.exe (186.93 KB)
  • PSHOST.exe (101.05 KB)
  • CheckHyperVHost.exe (90.40 KB)
  • Microsoft.ServiceHub.Controller.exe (202.90 KB)
  • ServiceHub.TestWindowStoreHost.exe (15.58 KB)
  • ServiceHub.Host.CLR.x64.exe (14.88 KB)
  • ServiceHub.VSDetouredHost.exe (15.38 KB)
  • ServiceHub.Host.Node.x86.exe (17.84 MB)
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The current web page applies to Visual Studio Community 2019 version 16.0.28803.156 only. For other Visual Studio Community 2019 versions please click below:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\ant
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\complete-ant-cmd.pl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\envset.cmd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\lcp.bat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\runant.pl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\runant.py
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\bin\runrc.cmd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\ant-bootstrap.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\changelog.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\checkstyle\checkstyle-frames.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\checkstyle\checkstyle-text.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\checkstyle\checkstyle-xdoc.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\coverage-frames.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\jdepend.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\jdepend-frames.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\junit-frames.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\junit-frames-xalan1.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\junit-noframes.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\log.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\maudit-frames.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\mmetrics-frames.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\etc\tagdiff.xsl
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\fetch.xml
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\get-m2.xml
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\INSTALL
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\KEYS
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-antlr.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-antlr.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-bcel.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-bcel.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-bsf.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-bsf.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-log4j.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-log4j.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-oro.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-oro.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-regexp.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-regexp.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-resolver.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-resolver.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-xalan2.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-apache-xalan2.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-commons-logging.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-commons-logging.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-commons-net.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-commons-net.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jai.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jai.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-javamail.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-javamail.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jdepend.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jdepend.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jmf.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jmf.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jsch.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-jsch.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-junit.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-junit.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-junit4.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-junit4.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-launcher.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-launcher.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-netrexx.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-netrexx.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-parent.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-swing.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-swing.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-testutil.jar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\ant-testutil.pom
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\libraries.properties
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\lib\README
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\LICENSE
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\antexternal.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\anttaskslist.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\allclasses-frame.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\allclasses-noframe.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\constant-values.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\deprecated-list.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\help-doc.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\index.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\index-all.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\AntClassLoader.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\AntTypeDefinition.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\ArgumentProcessor.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\ArgumentProcessorRegistry.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\AttributeNamespace.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\BaseIfAttribute.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\EnableAttribute.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\IfBlankAttribute.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\IfBlankAttribute.Unless.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\IfSetAttribute.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\IfSetAttribute.Unless.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\IfTrueAttribute.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\IfTrueAttribute.Unless.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\package-frame.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\package-summary.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\attribute\package-tree.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\manual\api\org\apache\tools\ant\BuildEvent.html

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\c01e4878

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • 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 delete Visual Studio Community 2019 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2019 is a program marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Some computer users want to uninstall it. This can be hard because removing this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK solution to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Visual Studio Community 2019 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Visual Studio Community 2019". If it exists on your system the Visual Studio Community 2019 program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Visual Studio Community 2019 in the list of apps, some data about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Visual Studio Community 2019, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
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8. After removing Visual Studio Community 2019, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Visual Studio Community 2019 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Community 2019 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 by Microsoft Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Visual Studio Community 2019 by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 supposing 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' PCs.

2019-04-10 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-04-10 04:21:03.987