Microsoft Visual Studio Code

How to uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code for Windows. It is produced by Microsoft Corporation. You can find out more on Microsoft Corporation or check for application updates here. Further information about Microsoft Visual Studio Code can be seen at https://code.visualstudio.com/. Usually the Microsoft Visual Studio Code program is found in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code folder, depending on the user's option during install. Microsoft Visual Studio Code's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe. Code.exe is the Microsoft Visual Studio Code's primary executable file and it occupies about 87.88 MB (92150648 bytes) on disk.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is comprised of the following executables which occupy 94.79 MB (99399208 bytes) on disk:

• Code.exe (87.88 MB)
• unins000.exe (1.19 MB)
• winpty-agent.exe (283.08 KB)
• rg.exe (4.98 MB)
• CodeHelper.exe (73.07 KB)
• inno_updater.exe (404.08 KB)

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This page is about Microsoft Visual Studio Code version 1.37.1 only. Click on the links below for other Microsoft Visual Studio Code versions:

• 1.6.1
• 1.52.0
• 0.8.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.10.1
• 0.10.2
• 0.10.3
• 0.10.6
• 0.10.5
• 0.10.8
• 0.10.11
• 0.10.10
• 1.0.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.0
• 1.15.0
• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.4.0
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.1
• 1.6.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.0
• 1.10.1
• 1.10.0
• 1.10.2
• 1.11.1
• 1.11.2
• 1.11.0
• 1.12.1
• 1.12.2
• 1.13.1
• 1.13.0
• 1.14.0
• 1.14.1
• 1.14.2
• 1.15.1
• 1.16.1
• 1.16.0
• 1.12.0
• 1.17.0
• 1.17.2
• 1.17.1
• 1.18.0
• 1.18.1
• 1.5.0
• 1.19.1
• 1.19.0
• 1.19.2
• 1.19.3
• 1.20.1
• 1.20.0
• 1.21.0
• 1.21.1
• 1.70.2
• 1.22.2
• 1.22.1
• 1.23.0
• 1.23.1
• 1.24.1
• 1.24.0
• 1.25.1
• 1.25.0
• 1.26.0
• 1.26.1
• 1.27.0
• 1.27.2
• 1.27.1
• 1.28.0
• 1.28.1
• 1.28.2
• 1.29.0
• 1.29.1
• 1.30.0
• 1.30.2
• 1.30.1
• 1.31.0
• 1.31.1
• 1.32.1
• 1.32.2
• 1.32.3
• 1.33.1
• 1.33.0
• 1.34.0
• 1.35.0
• 1.36.1
• 1.32.0
• 1.36.0
• 1.35.1
• 1.37.0
• 1.38.0

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Several files, folders and registry entries can not be deleted when you are trying to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code

The files below were left behind on your disk by Microsoft Visual Studio Code's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.VisualElementsManifest.xml
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\osmesa.dll
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\snippets\batchfile.snippets.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\bat\syntaxes\batchfile.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\clojure\syntaxes\clojure.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\snippets\coffeescript.snippets.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\coffeescript\syntaxes\coffeescript.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\dist\extension.js
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\dist\nls.metadata.header.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\dist\nls.metadata.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\configuration-editing\schemas\devContainer.schema.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\snippets\c.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\snippets\cpp.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\syntaxes\c.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\syntaxes\cpp.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\cpp\syntaxes\platform.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\language-configuration.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\package.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\package.nls.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\snippets\csharp.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\csharp\syntaxes\csharp.tmLanguage.json
• C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\css\language-configuration.json

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EA457B21-F73E-494C-ACAB-524FDE069978}_is1

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Microsoft Visual Studio Code is a program marketed by Microsoft Corporation. Frequently, computer users choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is efortful because doing this by hand requires some skill regarding PCs. The best EASY solution to erase Microsoft Visual Studio Code 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Microsoft Visual Studio Code or simply click the Search feature and type in "Microsoft Visual Studio Code". If it exists on your system the Microsoft Visual Studio Code program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Microsoft Visual Studio Code in the list of apps, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Microsoft Visual Studio Code, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Microsoft Visual Studio Code:

• The web site of the application is: https://code.visualstudio.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Microsoft Visual Studio Code.


8. After uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Microsoft Visual Studio Code that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Microsoft Visual Studio Code using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Microsoft Visual Studio Code by Microsoft Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Microsoft Visual Studio Code supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.