How do I uninstall Visual Studio 2012 Update 2?

Question

I installed VS2012 and then I updated to VS2012 Update 2, so my Visual Studio version would be 11.0.60315.01 Update 2.

But now I want to revert to 11.0.50727.1 RTMREL. How can I uninstall the update?

Answer 1

Updates to Visual Studio are implemented as Windows updates, much like Office and other Microsoft suites. Once you know this, it immediately becomes obvious where to look. (Of course, the difficult part is knowing in the first place...)

You can find the update by visiting the Programs control panel category, and choosing View installed updates under the Programs and Features subcategory:

Alternatively, from the Windows Update control panel, choose View update history in the task pane, then click Installed Updates in the update history page.

Either option takes you to the same list of updates; most VS2012 updates should be listed under the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 update category.