Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Download For Mac
You can use this guide to uninstall each component in Visual Studio for Mac individually by navigating to the relevant section, or you can use the scripts provided in the Uninstall Script section to uninstall everything.
Note
This information will only remove Visual Studio 2019 or 2017 for Mac from your machine. to uninstall Visual Studio Code, see this issue for details.
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Uninstall Script
There are two scripts that can be used to uninstall Visual Studio for Mac and all components for your machine:
The following sections provide information on downloading and using the scripts.
- May 13, 2019 Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8.1.4. Released February 22, 2019. We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac becomes unresponsive when selecting two column view. Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8.2.1. Released February 28, 2019. We fixed an issue where Debugger features sometimes don't work as expected with Unity.
- Use the Visual Studio debugger to quickly find and fix bugs across languages. The Visual Studio for Mac debugger lets you step inside your code by setting Breakpoints, Step Over statements, Step Into and Out of functions, and inspect the current state of the code stack through powerful visualizations.
- Uninstall Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview. Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview was launched as a separate preview, allowing you to continue to work with your Visual Studio 2017 for Mac install side-by-side. Now that Visual Studio 2019 for Mac has been released, you can now safely remove the Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview application.
- Visual Studio extension development. Create add-ons and extensions for Visual Studio, including new commands, code analyzers, and tool windows. Add the SDKs and tools you need to create new commands, code analyzers, tool windows, and language services using C#. Then, share your extension with the community in the Visual Studio.
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Visual Studio for Mac and Xamarin script
You can uninstall Visual Studio and Xamarin components in one go by using the uninstall script.
This uninstall script contains most of the commands that you will find in the article. There are three main omissions from the script and are not included due to possible external dependencies. To remove this, jump to the relevant section below and remove them manually:
To run the script, do the following steps:
Right-click on the script and select Save As to save the file on your Mac.
Open Terminal and change the working directory to where the script was downloaded:
Make the script executable and the run it with sudo:
Finally, delete the uninstall script and remove Visual Studio for Mac from the dock (if it's there).
.NET Core script
The uninstall script for .NET Core is located in the dotnet cli repo
To run the script, do the following steps:
Right-click on the script and select Save As to save the file on your Mac.
Open Terminal and change the working directory to where the script was downloaded:
Make the script executable and the run it with sudo:
Finally, delete the .NET Core uninstall script.
Uninstall Visual Studio for Mac
The first step in uninstalling Visual Studio from a Mac is to locate Visual Studio.app in the /Applications directory and drag it to the Trash Can. Alternatively, right-click and select Move to Trash as illustrated in the following image:
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Deleting this app bundle removes Visual Studio for Mac, even though there may be other files related to Xamarin still on the file system.
To remove all traces of Visual Studio for Mac, run the following commands in Terminal:
You may also want to remove the following directory containing various Xamarin files and folders. However, before you do you should be aware that this directory contains the Android signing keys. For more information refer to the section Uninstalling Android SDK and Java SDK:
Uninstall Mono SDK (MDK)
Mono is an open-source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework and is used by all Xamarin Products—Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Mac to allow development of these platforms in C#.
Warning
There are other applications outside of Visual Studio for Mac that also use Mono, such as Unity.Be sure that there are no other dependencies on Mono before uninstalling it.
To remove the Mono Framework from a machine, run the following commands in Terminal:
Uninstall Xamarin.Android
There are a number of items required for the installation and use of Xamarin.Android, such as the Android SDK and Java SDK.
Use the following commands to remove Xamarin.Android:
Uninstall Android SDK and Java SDK
The Android SDK is required for development of Android applications. To completely remove all parts of the Android SDK, locate the file at ~/Library/Developer/Xamarin/ and move it to Trash.
Warning
You should be aware that Android signing keys that are generated by Visual Studio for Mac are located in ~/Library/Developer/Xamarin/Keystore. Make sure to back these up appropriately, or avoid removing this directory if you wish to keep your keystore.
The Java SDK (JDK) does not need to be uninstalled, as it is already pre-packaged as part of Mac OS X / macOS.
Uninstall Android AVD
Warning
There are other applications outside of Visual Studio for Mac that also use Android AVD and these additional android components, such as Android Studio.Removing this directory may cause projects to break in Android Studio.
To remove any Android AVDs and additional Android components use the following command:
To remove only the Android AVDs use the following command:
Uninstall Xamarin.iOS
Xamarin.iOS allows iOS application development using C# or F# with Visual Studio for Mac.
Use the following commands in Terminal to remove all Xamarin.iOS files from a file system:
Uninstall Xamarin.Mac
Xamarin.Mac can be removed from your machine using the following two commands to eradicate the product and license from your Mac respectively:
Uninstall Workbooks and Inspector
Starting with 1.2.2, Xamarin Workbooks & Inspector can be uninstalled from a terminal by running:
For older versions, you need to manually remove the following artifacts:
- Delete the Workbooks app at
'/Applications/Xamarin Workbooks.app' - Delete the Inspector app at
'Applications/Xamarin Inspector.app' - Delete the add-ins:
'~/Library/Application Support/XamarinStudio-6.0/LocalInstall/Addins/Xamarin.Interactive'and'~/Library/Application Support/XamarinStudio-6.0/LocalInstall/Addins/Xamarin.Inspector' - Delete Inspector and supporting files here:
/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Interactive.frameworkand/Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Inspector.framework
Uninstall the Xamarin Profiler
Uninstall the Visual Studio Installer
Use the following commands to remove all traces of the Xamarin Universal Installer:
Uninstall Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview was launched as a separate preview, allowing you to continue to work with your Visual Studio 2017 for Mac install side-by-side.
Now that Visual Studio 2019 for Mac has been released, you can now safely remove the Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview application.
To uninstall the preview application bundle, select Visual Studio (Preview) from your Applications folder and click Move to Trash, as depicted in the following image:
You can also remove the Preview plist file with the following command:
See also
Microsoft launched a new release of Visual Studio in November 2016 for Mac operating system. This Visual Studio is a well-featured development environment that helps the developers on the Mac for creating different Mac applications, games, cloud, and services for mobile. Microsoft designed Visual Studio for Mac OS to help developers to manage their code hosted by any provider, such as Visual Studio Team Services, GitHub etc. Using the Visual Studio for Mac OS developers can build native mobile applications for IOS, Mac OS and also for Android. This also provides the ability to create advanced level web applications by having support from ASP .NET framework. Three different versions come out in the market including Visual Studio Professional, Visual Studio Community, and the third one is the Visual Studio Enterprise.
Visual Studio has been designed natively for Mac OS, according to Microsoft, letting developers manage their code hosted by any provider, including GitHub and Visual Studio Team Services. Developers can build, connect, and tune native mobile apps for IOS, Mac OS, and Android while also having the ability to create web applications thanks to supporting for ASP.NET Core. In terms of programming languages, the C# and F# languages are supported. Xamarin included in Visual Studio for Mac OS provides native Mac API bindings allows you to create amazing Mac applications. Visual Studio also provides additional amazing features for C# developers.
Features
- Visual Studio for Mac OS using a creative software Unity 5.6.1 provides huge support for cross-platform games development.
- Xamarin provides native Mac API bindings allowing you to create beautiful Mac applications.
The rapid development of high-quality mobile app experience with Xamarin platform. Visual Studio for Mac is tightly focused on mobile-first, cloud first development and you can develop for the whole stack right from one place. - There are Xamarin IOS and Xamarin Android for building native mobile app experiences in C#.
- In the Visual Studio for Mac, we have an opportunity to drag and drop visual designers help you build high-quality user interfaces.
- The IOS Designer is fully integrated with Visual Studio for Mac.
- Enables visual editing of .xib and Storyboard files to create IOS, TV OS, and Watch UIs and transitions.
- There are the cross-platform UI library Xamarin forms to help you share more code between IOS, Android, and UWP.
- With Zamel UI markup and live preview of you it will look on various devices and since nearly every mobile app has a cloud back-end.
- There’s also included ASP.NET core and .NET core for developing your apps back-end.
- Developing and consuming .NET standard libraries are fully supported and it’s easy to share models and logic between your Zaman Mobile app and its ASP.NET cloud back-end.