Visual Studio Code

May be this would be better solution (no need to follow each step): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/visualstudio-docs/master/mac/resources/uninstall-vsmac.sh :

#!/bin/sh

# Uninstall Visual Studio for Mac
echo "Uninstalling Visual Studio for Mac..."

sudo rm -rf "/Applications/Visual Studio.app"
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/VisualStudio
rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/VisualStudio
rm -rf "~/Library/Preferences/Visual Studio"
rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/VisualStudio
rm -rf ~/Library/VisualStudio
rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/Xamarin/
rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xamarin

# Uninstall Xamarin.Android
echo "Uninstalling Xamarin.Android..."

sudo rm -rf /Developer/MonoDroid
rm -rf ~/Library/MonoAndroid
sudo pkgutil --forget com.xamarin.android.pkg
sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Android.framework


# Uninstall Xamarin.iOS
echo "Uninstalling Xamarin.iOS..."

rm -rf ~/Library/MonoTouch
sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework
sudo rm -rf /Developer/MonoTouch
sudo pkgutil --forget com.xamarin.monotouch.pkg
sudo pkgutil --forget com.xamarin.xamarin-ios-build-host.pkg


# Uninstall Xamarin.Mac
echo "Uninstalling Xamarin.Mac..."

sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Mac.framework
rm -rf ~/Library/Xamarin.Mac


# Uninstall Workbooks and Inspector
echo "Uninstalling Workbooks and Inspector..."

sudo /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Interactive.framework/Versions/Current/uninstall


# Uninstall the Visual Studio for Mac Installer
echo "Uninstalling the Visual Studio for Mac Installer..."

rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/XamarinInstaller/
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/VisualStudioInstaller/
rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/XamarinInstaller/
rm -rf ~/Library/Logs/VisualStudioInstaller/

# Uninstall the Xamarin Profiler
echo "Uninstalling the Xamarin Profiler..."

sudo rm -rf "/Applications/Xamarin Profiler.app"

echo "Finished Uninstallation process."

If you haven't dealt with bash script before, you may look at its documentation too: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/uninstall

Actually, it is pretty easy. Create a file with extension .sh (for example, vsremover.sh) and paste the code above. Save. Open terminal application, go to the place where you saved the file (for example: cd /Users/yourname/Desktop) and type the following:

chmod +x vsremover.sh

Then run it:

./vsremover.sh

I recently purchased a MacBook Air (mid-2011 model) and was really happy to find that Apple officially supports Windows 7. If you purchase Windows 7 (I got DSP), you can use the Boot Camp assistant in OSX to designate part of your hard drive to Windows. Then you can install and run Windows 7 natively as if it were as Windows notebook.

I use Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7 on my MacBook Air (I kept OSX as well) and I could not be happier. Heck, the initial start-up of the program only takes 3 seconds thanks to the SSD.

As others have mentions, you can run it on OSX using Parallels, etc. but I prefer to run it natively.

Hello @ZN,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

If you have a valid subscription, then "Visual Studio 2019 for Mac" should be available here: Donwloads – Visual Studio 2019 for Mac.

The valid subscription is usually a paid level subscription. Note that "Visual Studio Dev Essentials" is not a valid subscription in this situation.

BTW, as VS 2019 for Mac ended of support on May 23, 2022, and VS for Mac is scheduled for retirement by August 31, 2024, did you consider using alternatives like the C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code?

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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