In the window that appears, you will see a list of items that you can reveal in Finder and delete them.Īs seen, manually searching for applications’ service files is not so simple. Just launch Funter, type the name in the search box, and hit Enter. Funter scans your disk and finds hidden files by name. To ensure that you have deleted all useless files from your Mac, we recommend that you use the free Nektony program, Funter.

Complete the deletion of Visual Studio by emptying the Trash bin.

Repeat the steps listed above to remove the rest of the Visual Studio components related to Xamarin.Forms or ASP.NET Core.

Check the following directories for Visual Studio service files:

The files differ depending on which application you are uninstalling (Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio Community). Here in the Library folder remove all files and folders related to Visual Studio.

In the window that appears type ~/Library then hit Go.

To gain access to this folder, go to the Finder’s menu bar, click Go → Go to Folder. By default, applications’ service files are stored in the Library folder.

Open Finder and go to the Applications folder.

Steps on how to manually uninstall Visual Studio from Mac:

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This step will help prevent unwelcome technical issues with other programs on your computer in the future. If you wish to completely get rid of an application, you should remove all its service files from your Mac.

It is important to understand that all programs consist of numerous files: an executable file, logs, caches, libraries, service files, and so on.

For example, if you installed the components of Xamarin.Forms or ASP.NET Core, you will have to remove them as well. Users install Visual Studio for different reasons, so you might have installed various additional apps on your computer along with the Visual Studio application without realizing it.

When installing Visual Studio Community, its installer requires you to install additional necessary components.Important notes about uninstalling Visual Studio from Mac

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