How to Remove VS Code from Ubuntu and Reinstall

This is the article to showcase the steps to remove Visual Studio Code (VS Code) from ubuntu using terminal.

Method 1:

Open Ubuntu Terminal and run commands step by step:

sudo apt-get purge code
rm -r ~/.vscode/
rm -r ~/.config/Code/

Method 2:

Open Ubuntu Terminal and run single command:

sudo snap remove code

Reinstalling VS Code

1. Microsoft Official Website

Detailed guidelines has been show on official VS Code on Microsoft’s Website:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux

2. Snap Store

Install using the command line in Terminal

sudo snap install code --classic