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 for Mac is an evolution of Xamarin Studio, and includes all the functionality of Xamarin Studio 6.2. If you already have VS for Mac installed, this udpate will.
-->This document provides a peek into what's next for Visual Studio for Mac. It captures some of the significant features we are currently committed to, and a rough timeframe for when you can expect to see them. It is not a comprehensive list of all new features in Visual Studio for Mac, but is intended to provide some visibility into our key investments. These feature sets and delivery timeframes are current, and are subject to change.
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2020 Q4 (October-December)
| Feature | Visual Studio for Mac Version | Availability | Workloads or Standalone Installer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for developing apps with .NET 5 | 8.8 | In Preview | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Blazor WebAssembly Debugging | 8.8 | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
2020 Q3 (July-September)
| Feature | Visual Studio for Mac Version | Availability | Workloads or Standalone Installer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run/Debug unit tests from editor | 8.7 | In Preview | All Workloads |
| Support to generate api clients for OpenAPI and gRPC services | 8.7 | In Preview | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
2020 Q2 (April-June)
| Feature | Visual Studio for Mac Version | Availability | Workloads or Standalone Installer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Support for Blazor WebAssembly projects | 8.6 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Drag and drop to set next statment when debugging | 8.6 | Released | All Workloads |
| Support for creating and developing gRPC service projects | 8.6 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Integrated Terminal | 8.6 | Released | All Workloads |
2020 Q1 (January-March)
| Feature | Visual Studio for Mac Version | Availability | Workloads or Standalone Installer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Functions v3 | 8.5 | Released | Azure Functions |
| ASP.NET Core Templates with Authentication | 8.5 | Released | All Workloads |
| Enhanced Light and Dark editor themes to match with Visual Studio | 8.5 | Released | All Workloads |
| Support for developing apps with .NET Core 3.1 | 8.4 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Server-side Blazor support | 8.4 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Support for .razor files | 8.4 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| ASP.NET Core Scaffolding support | 8.4 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Support for TypeScript 3.7 | 8.4 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Support to pack .NET Core projects | 8.4 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| C# editor: Preview window for Quick Fixes and Refactorings | 8.4 | Released | All Workloads |
| Reduced app size and improved packaging with Android App Bundle support | 8.4 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms | 8.4 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
2019 Q3 (July-September)
| Feature | Visual Studio for Mac Version | Availability | Workloads or Standalone Installer |
|---|---|---|---|
| C# editor: Automatic namespace importing | 8.2 | Released | All Workloads |
| C# editor: IntelliSense type/member filtering | 8.2 | Released | All Workloads |
| .NET Core 3.0 Preview SDK support | 8.2 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Improved XAML editor support for matching, binding context, and resource IntelliSense, now powered by the same service from Windows | 8.2 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| Be more productive by using Go-To-Definition and get better XML IntelliSense within Android layouts, resources, and manifest files | 8.2 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| Migration tooling to take your applications from Android Support Libraries to AndroidX | 8.2 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| Startup performance improvements up to 50% faster with profiled AOT support (“ahead of time” compilation) | 8.2 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| .NET Core 3.0 SDK support | 8.3 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| C# 8 language support | 8.3 | Released | All Workloads |
| Support for running on macOS Catalina | 8.3 | Released | All Workloads |
| Improved interoperability with Git and the Git command line tools | 8.3 | Released | All Workloads |
| Debugger reliability and performance improvements | 8.3 | Released | All Workloads |
| Prompt to select keyboard bindings on startup | 8.3 | Released | All Workloads |
| File tab pinning | 8.3 | Released | All Workloads |
| NuGet solution-level package management | 8.3 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core, .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| Editing and building multi-targeted projects | 8.3 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core, .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| Debugging: Launch in target browser | 8.3 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| launchSettings.json support | 8.3 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| File nesting for ASP.NET Core projects | 8.3 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Port of the web editors from Visual Studio on Windows: Razor Pages, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON | 8.3 | Released | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core |
| Stronger protections for user privacy, new ways to engage users, and extended support for foldables using Android Q Preview Support | 8.3 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
| Xcode 11 and iOS 13 support | 8.3 | Released | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development |
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.
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:
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.
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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:
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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:
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