Uninstall Visual Studio Code
The steps for uninstalling Visual Studio Code will depend on your platform (Windows, macOS, or Linux) and the install option that you used. For example on Windows, you can use the System or User Windows Installers or download a .zip file and extract the contents anywhere on your machine.
In general, you would uninstall VS Code as you would any other desktop application and follow your platform’s recommended flow for uninstalling software. Specific platform guidance is provided below as well as how to completely clean up any remaining VS Code configuration files.
Windows
Windows Installer
If you installed VS Code via the Windows Installer, either the User or System version, use the installer to remove VS Code.
- Start menu
- Search for Add or Remove Programs and find Visual Studio Code in the Apps >Apps & features list.
- Select Uninstall from the actions dropdown on the right side (three vertical dots).
- Follow the prompts to uninstall VS Code.
- Under Programs, select the Uninstall a program link.
- Find the Visual Studio Code entry, right-click, and select the Uninstall command.
- Follow the prompts to uninstall VS Code.
.zip file installation
If you installed VS Code on Windows by downloading and extracting one of the .zip files found on the Visual Studio Code website, you can uninstall by deleting the folder where you extracted the .zip contents.
macOS
To uninstall VS Code on macOS, open Finder and go to Applications. Right-click on the Visual Studio Code application and select Move to Trash.
Linux
To uninstall VS Code on Linux, you should use your package manager’s uninstall or remove option. The exact command line will differ depending on which package manager you used (for example, apt-get , rpn , dnf , yum , etc.).
The names for the VS Code packages are:
- code — VS Code Stable release
- code-insiders — VS Code Insiders release
For example, if you installed VS Code via the Debian package ( .deb ) and apt-get package manager, you would run:
sudo apt-get remove codewhere code is the name of the VS Code Debian package.
Clean uninstall
If you want to remove all user data after uninstalling VS Code, you can delete the user data folders Code and .vscode . This will return you to the state before you installed VS Code. This can also be used to reset all settings if you don’t want to uninstall VS Code.
The folder locations will vary depending on your platform:
- Windows — Delete %APPDATA%\Code and %USERPROFILE%\.vscode .
- macOS — Delete $HOME/Library/Application Support/Code and ~/.vscode .
- Linux — Delete $HOME/.config/Code and ~/.vscode .
Next steps
- Setup overview — General information about VS Code setup and updates.
- Windows setup — Details and common questions about installing VS Code on Windows.
- macOS setup — VS Code is available for both Intel and Apple silicon macOS machines.
- Linux setup — Learn about the different VS Code packages available for Linux.
How to completely uninstall VS Code on Windows?
What is the way to totally uninstall Visual Studio Code and its extensions, including all configurations, etc.) on Windows 10? I tried uninstalling and installing but it remembered its previous settings.
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asked Dec 7, 2017 at 7:13
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Since, you might already know the drill to uninstall and you are emphasizing on remembered its previous settings , please do the following:
- Open Run ( Win + R )
- Type %appdata%
- Press Enter
- Delete the folder Code
Voila! Restart Visual Studio Code and it is reset!
Here is a bat script which does the same thing:
explorer.exe %appdata% del CodeP.S: Since, you want to uninstall go to Add or Remove Programs and click on bottom right of the Visual Studio Code tile, where it says Uninstall .
answered Dec 7, 2017 at 7:33
Trishant Pahwa Trishant Pahwa
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Create the bat file using notepad, give it a name and save it, it would work.
Feb 5, 2019 at 9:00Do we have to restart Windows for it to take effect? I deleted the Code folder, but my machine still has it available as an app.
Oct 12, 2019 at 2:23
Extensions are installed inside C:\Users\USERNAME\.vscode We MUST also DELETE that folder.
Jan 28, 2023 at 1:58Here is the complete solution you can apply:
- Go to where Visual Studio Code is installed and invoke ‘uninst000.exe’. In my case it is installed in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
- Delete directory %APPDATA%\Code
- Delete directory %USERPROFILE%\.vscode
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answered Dec 18, 2019 at 23:57
999 8 8 silver badges 8 8 bronze badgesI guess I should be smarter but I started at the top. DO NOT DELETE THE .CODE dir. It is for Visual Studio NOT VSCOde. I had several highly configured projects and ALL of their settings are lost.
Aug 28, 2023 at 23:42
Turns out the extensions are stored under %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions . Deleting that gets rid of them.
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answered Dec 7, 2017 at 7:29
Joseph Charles Joseph Charles
666 6 6 silver badges 17 17 bronze badgesGo to Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code
Double Click uninstall.exe
This will uninstall VS Code from Your Windows OS and
After uninstallation delete code folder also.
Open Run (Win + R) and Enter %appdata% Press Enter
Delete the folder code .
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answered Feb 15, 2019 at 16:15
Tushar Budhe Tushar Budhe
111 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badgesI guess I should be smarter but I started at the top. DO NOT DELETE THE .CODE dir. It is for Visual Studio NOT VSCOde. I had several highly configured projects and ALL of their settings are lost. RTFQ!!
Aug 28, 2023 at 23:49
Easy way to remove it
Step1: to find VSCode path
Example: C:\Users\Willie\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code
answered May 6, 2019 at 7:59
Willie Cheng Willie Cheng
7,899 13 13 gold badges 57 57 silver badges 68 68 bronze badgesSince you use the word Completely, I would say
- Do the regular Uninstall in «Apps & features.»
- In strat, search «environment variable» and remove all the references for `Visual Studio Code or any installation path.
- In file Explore, type %APPDATA% and remove the folder called Code.
- And got to %LOCALAPPDATA% and deleted the folder code if it exists.
- Got to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming and remove the folder code
This will remove all your configurations and the extensions
answered Dec 24, 2022 at 8:25
Abdulla Nilam Abdulla Nilam
37.1k 17 17 gold badges 65 65 silver badges 86 86 bronze badgesThe only thing that can asure any trace if a file is removed, go ahead to your sudo user
In ubuntu: sudo -i , others might use sudo — su
then you want to proceed with the global search, then you must run:
find / -name «vscode«
You will probably end up having a lot of permission denied, but that’s ok. we don’t want to access them anyways.
Now you’ll end up with a big list of files to remove, so you can go one by one and ensure you’re in fact removing them OR.
you can just run find / -name «*vscode*» | grep vscode | xargs rm -rf
How to completely purge Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu?
I’m using VS Code on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I want to completely uninstall it. So I’ve tried these commands:
sudo apt-get remove code sudo apt-get purge code sudo apt-get updateAnd every time when I re-install I see my project that was open from my last use and I still have all my plugins, my themes, keybindings, etc. What must I do to completely uninstall all settings of Visual Studio Code ?
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User specific settings/extensions are located in $HOME/.config/Code and $HOME/.vscode/ so remove those folders manually
answered Nov 8, 2018 at 9:19
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the only straight forward answer for this simple question all over the web. thanks
Apr 17, 2019 at 7:47
it’s better if u have given steps to delete
May 19, 2021 at 14:56But isn’t this ridiculous. I mean purge command was specifically desgined to delete the config files and any other remnants of the app. Also, what’s with the ambiguity, at some places it is called «code», other places «vscode»
Feb 18, 2022 at 3:28
cd [enter] sudo rm -rf .vscode sudo rm -rf ~/.config/Code sudo apt purge code sudo apt autoremoveanswered Jan 22, 2021 at 11:37
Shashwat Gupta Shashwat Gupta
5,198 41 41 silver badges 34 34 bronze badgesThese commands seek to work just fine.
- sudo dpkg —purge code
- sudo dpkg —remove code
- then uninstall through gdebi
answered Feb 8, 2021 at 11:32
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answered Oct 6, 2021 at 7:08
Shubham Sen Shubham SenThis does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don’t require clarification from the asker. — From Review
Oct 6, 2021 at 8:54
Why do you assume it is installed as a snap?
Oct 8, 2021 at 0:40cause while finding my question about how to uninstall .code I came to this link (StackOverflow) but I didn’t get my answer on StackOverflow I got this answer while trying a lot of things by self and it works for me. So I mention it here. I didn’t see the exact cmd(answer) up there. it works for me if it’s going to work for someone and save his/her time that’s good. It’s all my motto. If I do wrong please suggest to me how to improve my mistake.
macos, как полностью удалить vscode
Как удалить vscode так, что бы, после скачивания и установки заново, не сохранялись прошлые настройки?
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Сортировка: Сброс на вариант по умолчанию
Для того, чтобы удалить настройки не нужно удалять VSCode.
rm -Rf $HOME/.vscode*Эта команда удалит папку с настройками VSCode.
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ответ дан 17 дек 2020 в 22:28
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Спасибо большое, очень помогли.
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