Visual Studio Community 2019

A guide to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Visual Studio Community 2019 for Windows. It is written by Microsoft Corporation. Go over here where you can get more info on Microsoft Corporation. Usually the Visual Studio Community 2019 application is placed in the C:\Logi\VS\Community directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove 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 receive a notification for admin rights. vs_installer.exe is the Visual Studio Community 2019's main executable file and it occupies approximately 204.59 KB (209496 bytes) on disk.

Visual Studio Community 2019 installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 54.18 MB (56812192 bytes) on disk.

• setup.exe (438.59 KB)
• vswhere.exe (448.12 KB)
• vs_installer.exe (204.59 KB)
• vs_installer.windows.exe (29.91 KB)
• vs_installershell.exe (50.96 MB)
• CheckHyperVHost.exe (82.92 KB)
• handle.exe (415.63 KB)
• InstallCleanup.exe (35.88 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 (63.61 KB)
• VSHiveStub.exe (26.58 KB)
• VSIXAutoUpdate.exe (201.85 KB)
• VSIXConfigurationUpdater.exe (23.11 KB)
• VSIXInstaller.exe (414.06 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.3.29326.143 of Visual Studio Community 2019. Click on the links below for other Visual Studio Community 2019 versions:

• 16.0.28803.156
• 16.0.28803.452
• 16.0.28803.352
• 16.1.28917.181
• 16.1.29009.5
• 16.3.29318.209
• 16.1.29025.244
• 16.2.29123.88
• 16.1.29102.190
• 16.2.29201.188
• 16.2.29215.179
• 16.2.29306.81
• 16.1.28922.388
• 16.3.29411.108
• 16.3.29403.142
• 16.3.29418.71
• 16.4.29519.181
• 16.3.29519.87
• 16.3.29503.13
• 16.4.29613.14
• 16.4.29728.190
• 16.3.29424.173
• 16.4.29709.97
• 16.4.29609.76
• 16.4.29806.167
• 16.4.29905.134
• 16.5.29926.136
• 16.5.30011.22
• 16.5.30002.166
• 16.5.29920.165
• 16.2.29209.62
• 16.5.30104.148
• 16.0.28803.202
• 16.6.30128.74
• 16.6.30114.105
• 16.6.30204.135
• 16.6.30225.117
• 16.6.30320.27
• 16.7.30330.147
• 16.7.30413.136
• 16.7.30503.244
• 16.3.29409.12
• 16.7.30406.217
• 16.5.29911.84
• 16.7.30517.126
• 16.7.30621.155
• 16.7.30523.141
• 16.3.29324.140
• 16.7.30611.23
• 16.8.30717.126
• 16.8.30709.132
• 16.8.30804.86
• 16.8.31005.135
• 16.8.30907.101
• 16.9.31025.194
• 16.9.31112.23
• 16.9.31129.286
• 16.9.31205.134
• 16.10.31321.278
• 16.6.30309.148
• 16.9.31313.79
• 16.10.31402.337
• 16.10.31410.357
• 16.10.3
• 16.8.31019.35
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• 16.1.29001.49
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• 16.11.0
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• 16.11.17
• 16.11.20
• 16.11.21
• 16.11.6
• 16.11.22
• 16.11.23
• 16.11.24
• 16.9.0
• 16.11.26
• 16.11.25
• 16.11.27
• 16.7.3
• 16.11.31
• 16.11.30
• 16.11.32

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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 remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Visual Studio Setup

The files below were left behind on your disk by Visual Studio Community 2019 when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\15.0\Editor\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Bridge.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\15.0\Editor\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Messaging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\15.0\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\15.0\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Messaging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\15.0\ThirdPartyNotices.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\15.0\UnityVS.OpenFile.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\15.0\Visual Studio 2017 Tools.unitypackage
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\BlendMui_Brand_708_10000.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\cmddefui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.EditorsUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ExportTemplateUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.FormsUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\Microsoft.VisualStudioUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\msenvmui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\MsEnvMui_Brand_708_0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\msenvui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\UpgradeReport.xslt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vb7to8ui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vbdebugui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\VSConvertersPackageUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vslogui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\vsslnui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\VsWizUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\1036\WindowsFormsIntegration.PackageUI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\adodb.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.150x150.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-black_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-standard_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-100.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-180.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets\VisualStudio.70x70.contrast-white_scale-80.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\clientbuildmgr.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\coloader80.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\contextp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\cscodemodelextensibility.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\csiface.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\DebuggerProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\DiagnosticsTap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte100.olb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80.olb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte80a.olb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90.olb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dte90a.olb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties100.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties110.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties120.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\dteproperties90a.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.CompilerHostObjectsProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProductKeyDialog.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.Wizard.TestProjectWizards.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msdia140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv100p.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv110p.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv120p.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv121p.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv140p.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv141p.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Automation\msenv150p.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio 15.0 Tools for Unity
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0F3BD25CB04438A47B591B81D007BBFF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4A98DCEE0F3FEB74CAFCDAFFFCE27196
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4BEA594979BAED93C82408E6FE57CE7A
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\50497DA1D2A06D3428EAC88B2B219D60
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\54AE01BE6E6D1AE3A80E005824EDB4C9
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5BE5014C61C54C0439FD66ED56482DE6
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6CE0A0D8C3A9F453B9CF6AE169EB8164
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7546284236F97503ABA629E5C8CB0AFF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A85222D4B6403DD4FBE44CBF838EAE67
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio 15.0 Tools for Unity
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\085ae188

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0F3BD25CB04438A47B591B81D007BBFF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4A98DCEE0F3FEB74CAFCDAFFFCE27196\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4BEA594979BAED93C82408E6FE57CE7A\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\50497DA1D2A06D3428EAC88B2B219D60\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\54AE01BE6E6D1AE3A80E005824EDB4C9\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5BE5014C61C54C0439FD66ED56482DE6\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6CE0A0D8C3A9F453B9CF6AE169EB8164\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7546284236F97503ABA629E5C8CB0AFF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A85222D4B6403DD4FBE44CBF838EAE67\ProductName

How to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Visual Studio Community 2019 is a program released by the software company Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, people try to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this manually takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK approach to erase Visual Studio Community 2019 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Visual Studio Community 2019 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Visual Studio Community 2019". If it is installed on your PC the Visual Studio Community 2019 program will be found automatically. After you click Visual Studio Community 2019 in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you 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 pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Visual Studio Community 2019.


8. After uninstalling Visual Studio Community 2019, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Visual Studio Community 2019 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Visual Studio Community 2019 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page 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 software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Visual Studio Community 2019 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.