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Visual Studio Code#

This is a guide on how to uninstall Visual Studio Code from your computer. This can come in handy in many different scenarios, but especially if Visual Studio Code is not working properly, and you want a fresh start on it.

Windows#

  1. Open the control panel.

  2. Click on Uninstall a program under the Programs section.

  3. Find Visual Studio Code in the list of programs, and click on it.

  4. Click on Uninstall at the top of the list.

  5. Follow the instructions to uninstall VS Code.

Note

This will leave behind some files, which you can delete manually if you want to. To do this follow the steps below.

  1. Press the Windows + R at the same time.

  2. Type in %appdata% and press enter.

  3. Find the folder named Code and delete it.

  4. Press the Windows + R at the same time.

  5. Type in %userprofile% and press enter.

  6. Find the folder named .vscode and delete it.

MacOS#

  1. Open Finder

  2. Open the Apps folder

  3. Find the Visual Studio Code App, right click and select move to Trash

  4. Open Trash and press Empty in the top right hand corner

Note

This will leave behind some files, which you can delete manually if you want to. To do this follow the steps below.

  • Open up a terminal and run the following command:

rm -rf ~/.vscode
rm -rf "~/Library/Application Support/Code"
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