Updating your installation to a specific

release

If you are an Enterprise or Professional customer and need

to install or update to a specific release of Visual Studio, you can find the

available bootstrappers in the tables below. In addition to installing or

updating your product to a particular version, the bootstrappers will also

"stamp" your installation or layout with the correct channel identification. The

channel identification is important, because it's how Administrator

updates recognize which instances of the product needs to be updated.

You also have the option of downloading the Administrator Update package

from the Microsoft Update Catalog to update either your client instance or

your network layout. Updating via this method only changes the version, not

the channel. Additional instructions for how to create or maintain your

network layout can be found in the Visual Studio Administrators Guide or

the Update a network based installation of Visual Studio documentation.

Uninstalling Visual Studio to go back to an

earlier release

If you need to install an earlier release of Visual Studio, then you must

uninstall your current installation and use one of the links below to re-install
the version that you prefer. Before attempting to install a previous version of

Visual Studio 2022, refer to our support policy. Microsoft does not guarantee

support outside of this policy.

1. On Windows, open the Visual Studio Installer.

2. Uninstall all instances of Visual Studio 2022 listed in the Visual Studio

Installer.

3. From Programs and Features in the Control Panel, find "Microsoft

Visual Studio 2022", and uninstall it.

If you are unable to follow the steps above due to a corrupted install, follow

the steps to Remove Visual Studio with the InstallCleanup.exe tool

Note that uninstalling Visual Studio will not remove standalone products and

components such as .NET, SQL, IIS, Visual C++ Redistributables, and SDKs.

These may need to be removed manually from Apps and Features in

Windows Settings.

Release Dates and Build numbers

This section provides links to all of the publicly released bootstrappers for

Visual Studio 2022. The bootstrappers kick off Visual Studio's installation

process. Again, only the latest releases of the Current or LTSC channelsare

supported.
To verify what version and channel a given bootstrapper will install, right click

on the bootstrapper exe, choose Properties, Details, and look at the Product

Version information. The version number should always be read as "latest of

that version". The channel defaults to Current unless explicitly specified. So, a

bootstrapper with a Product Version of LTSC 17.0 would install the latest

17.0.x servicing release that is available on the LTSC channel.

Evergreen bootstrappers

The bootstrappers in the following table will always install the latest release

from their respective channel.

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