Step-by-step tutorial on uninstalling Xamarin and Visual Studio

In addition to learning how to install Xamarin on VisualStudio and installing this on the system, we need to learn how to delete  Xamarin  and disable its installation from  Visual Studio. Removing this from Visual-Studio has some steps, the steps of which are described in this article.

Remove X installation from Visual-Studio:

Just as this is installed on VisualStudio using the Installer  app, it can also be removed.

The steps to remove and disable the installation of X from Visual Studio are as follows:

1- Open the start menu.

2- Open the VisualStudio Installer.

3- In the window that opens, click the Modify button to apply your changes to it.

4- In the Workloads tab that opens, delete the  Mobile Development  with the .NET option from the Mobile & Gaming section. So-called de-select.

5- Select the Modify button again and click.

6- Close VisualStudio to apply the changes made by the Installer.

7- Installer removes de-selected options.

8- To delete other options such as profiler or workbooks, you must go to the Individual Components tab and uncheck your desired option and apply the necessary changes.

9- To completely remove VisualStudio, you must select the Uninstall option on the three-line menu next to the launch button.

Note:

If you have two or more instances installed in VS, deleting one of them may damage and remove other  Xamarin  features, such as:

- Profiler

- Workbooks / Inspector

- Remote iOS Simulation

- Apple Bonjour SDK

In this case, deleting one of them may cause problems in the performance of other instances, and it can no longer work properly. In this case, the performance of other features of this on Visual-Studio will be weakened and damaged. The only solution to this problem is to select the Repair option on the visual studio installer.

Remove Studio 2015

You can use the support answer on the visualstudio.com link to delete  Visual Studio  completely.

Or you can remove this from the Windows operating system through the control panel and remove it completely.

1- Enter the control panel.

2- Then click on Programs and Features.

3- Select the Uninstall a Program option.

4- Then, in the window that opens, delete any of the items that exist like the following.

- Xamarin

- Xamarin for Windows

-  Xamarin.Android  -  Xamarin.ios  - Xamarin for Visual-Studio

5- In the Explorer section, you must delete all available versions and levels of Xamarin.

6- Delete Visual Studio's MEF component cache directory:

7- It is better to check the Virtual Store directory. There may be files from Extensions / Xamarin or ComponentModelCache:

8- Open the Registry Editor (Regedit):

9- Delete all entries that match the following templates:

10- Find the key:

11- Delete all entries related to  Xamarin. Like any phrase that includes mono or Xamarin.

12- Create an administrator cmd.exe (command prompt).

13- Write the devenv / setup and devenv / updateconfiguration commands for it:

Remove Visual-Studio from Mac

We want to uninstall VisualStudio 2019 or VisualStudio 2017 from Mac OS in this tutorial.

There are two ways to uninstall VisualStudio and its components, and the following are the methods to remove components and  Visual Studio  from the Mac operating system:

1- The first method is VS and Xamarin method

2- The second method is the .NET Core method  VS and X method to remove VisualStudio installation from Mac OS

Removing the following can also be done in this way by removing this from Mac OS:

- Uninstalling Mono

- Uninstalling Android AVD

- Uninstalling  Android SDK  and Java SDK

1- Right-click on the script, select save to save the file to your system.

2- Open the terminal and change the working directory to where the script is stored.

3- Make the script executable or so-called executable, then run it with sudo:

4- Uninstall the script and if there is a visual studio in the dock, delete it.

.NET Core method to remove Visual-Studio installation from Mac OS

The .NET Core method removes the Visual-Studio installation from the Mac OS in the .net script.

1- Right-click on the .net script, select save to save the file to your system.

2- Open the terminal and change the working directory to where the file is stored.

3- Make the script executable or so-called executable, then run it with sudo:

Uninstall the script and delete it if there is a  visual-studio  in the dock.

How to remove VisualStudio from Mac OS

The first step in removing Visual-Studio from Mac is to place the VisualStudio.app file in the /  Application  directory, drag it, and move it to Trash Can.

By doing this, you can remove VisualStudio from the system. However, you should keep in mind that some files related to Xamarin may still be in the system so that you want to completely remove all the files related to VisualStudio Delete You need to enter some commands in the command field so that you can do this well in the end:

Un installing Mono SDK (MDK)

Mono is an open-source implementation that uses the Microsoft .NET framework and is implemented by all Xamarin, Xamarin. Ios, Xamarin products.  Android  and Xamarin. Mac can be used.

To be able to completely remove the Mono implementation from the system, you need to put the following commands in the command, as follows:

Un-installing Xamarin.Android

Put the following commands inside the command to completely remove Xamarin.Android from the system:

Un-installing Android SDK and Java SDK

Android SDK can be used to launch and  develop applications. When removing Xamarin and VisualStudio from the system, all files related to the SDK must also be deleted. To delete all files related to the SDK is to move any file in ~ / Library / Developer / Xamarin / to Trash.

Un-installing Android AVD

To be able to delete all Android AVD and other parts of Android, you can do the following:

Un installing Xamarin. ios

I am using Xamarin. Ios, you can  develop applications  with the help of C # and F #.

To be able to delete all Xamarin. Ios files from the file system, you can do the following:

Uninstalling Xamarin.Mac

You can use two commands to remove Xamarin.Mac from your system.

Like the following:

Uninstalling workbooks and Inspector

You can remove Inspector Xamarin Workbook in version 1.2.2 as follows:

Of course, for older versions, you can delete them manually by the following methods:

Inspector and all support files:

Un-installing the Xamarin Profiler

Un-installing its Installer

By entering the following code in the command section, you can delete all files related to Xamarin Universal Installer:

You can remove Xamarin from VisualStudio and VisualStudio from Mac OS by following the step-by-step steps in this tutorial. If you encounter an error, it is recommended that you follow the steps again more carefully. After passing this course of the training article, you could delete  Xamarin  and all related files and disable its installation.