You can use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility to remove the following products of Visual Studio 2010 release from your computer:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Premium
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Isolated)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SDK
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer
- Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express
- Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Express
- Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express
- Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio Test Agent 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio Test Controller 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio Lab Agent 2010
- Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional 2010
Note: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility will uninstall only English versions of the Visual Studio 2010 release. It will not remove pre-release versions of Visual Studio 2010 or older releases of the product. For more information about uninstalling other versions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, please visit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=151208.
Running the uninstall tool
The Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility can be ran in 3 different modes:
Default (
VS2010_Uninstall-RTM.ENU.exe)
Uninstalls all top level products of 2010 release and its supporting components. This mode does not remove Visual Studio components shared with previous product releases (e.g. Visual Studio 2008) or system level updates such as Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.
Full (
VS2010_Uninstall-RTM.ENU.exe /full)
Removes Visual Studio 2010 and supporting products, including components shared with previous versions of Visual Studio. Note: may break features of previous versions of Visual Studio installed on the machine. This option does not remove Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 from the machine.
Complete (
VS2010_Uninstall-RTM.ENU.exe /full /netfx)
Removes entire set of Visual Studio 2010 and supporting products, including Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and components shared with previous versions of Visual Studio. Note: may break features of previous versions of Visual Studio or other products taking dependency on Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.