{"id":4667,"date":"2018-07-02T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T09:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osxuninstaller.com\/uninstall-guides\/?p=4667"},"modified":"2018-07-02T09:39:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T09:39:15","slug":"remove-visual-studio-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osxuninstaller.com\/uninstall-guides\/remove-visual-studio-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How to Successfully Remove Visual Studio for Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having difficulty in using Visual Studio? Not satisfied with the Mac version of Visual Studio? Read through this post to know how to remove Visual Studio<\/strong> from your Mac.<\/p>\n

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Visual Studio is an integrated development environment published by Microsoft, which means it is well integrated with the system, and it could be hard to get fully removed. If you don\u2019t want to keep this app on your Mac but have not idea how to properly and entirely uninstall this app, perform the following steps in correct order.<\/p>\n

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First Step: Quit Visual Studio<\/h2>\n

Some Mac beginners may not be aware of this point: prior to the uninstall, make sure to check if Visual Studio has been deactivated. If an app is active, you will not be able to delete it to the Trash as an error message will pop up to interrupt the deletion.<\/p>\n

Here are the available options to quit a running\/frozen app on macOS\/Mac OS X:<\/p>\n

(1)Right click on the app icon appearing in Dock and choose Quit<\/p>\n

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(2)Head to Visual Studio at the menu bar and choose Quit Visual Studio<\/p>\n

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(3)Launch Activity Monitor, select any process pertaining to the target app under the Process Name, then click X on the upper left corner, and click Quit button
\n(4)Press the Option – Command – Esc keystroke to bring up the Quit Applications window, select Visual Studio in the list and click Force Quit button<\/p>\n

Most third-party apps can be shut down without trouble, but if you are dealing with large software or malicious app, those Quit options may fail. The last option is to (5) reboot Mac into Safe Mode to kill the app, and continue with the regular uninstall.<\/p>\n

Second Step: RemoveVisual Studio<\/h2>\n

Roughly you have two solutions to remove Visual Studio from your Mac, and we list both of them below.<\/p>\n

Option 1: run Osx Uninstaller to delete Visual Studio<\/span><\/h4>\n

Wondering how to uninstall Visual Studio with minimal effort? Here we would like to recommend you to adopt a time-saving, hassle-free approach, i.e. using the professional Osx Uninstaller to handle the task. As a lightweight tool optimized for the latest macOS, Osx Uninstaller allows you to remove apps within several clicks.<\/p>\n

Watch this video clip to better understand how this tool works in removal task:<\/p>\n