Visual Studio 2015 tools for Xamarin Uninstall - xamarin

I have Visual Studio 2017 with Xamarin on my PC. VS 2015 has been long uninstalled but VS 2015 Tools for Xamarin keeps taking up space on my drive. Can I uninstall it or it will 'harm' my VS2017 installation in some way?
Also, I'm not sure if Microsoft VS2015 Shell (Isolated) is needed at all?
Can I get rid of both installations?

Uninstalling VS2015 Tools for Xamarin was ok, but VS2015 Shell Isolated is required by MS SQL Server, so don't uninstall.

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Install Xamarin on Visual Studio 2017

I have recently installed Visual Studio(VS) 2015 on my desktop on Windows operating system. I thought when I opened the VS 2015, I expected to see the Xamarin in it, but it does not. Then I installed the Xamarin again, and again and again, but still Xamarin does not show up in VS 2015.
I wonder what is wrong? what am I missing? By the way, I still have Visual Studio 2013 on my system.
solution:
uninstall all the existing versions of visual studio ( 2010, 2012, 2013) except Visual Studio 2015 and then install Xamarin, and then you could able to see Xamarin on Visual Studio 2015.
Hope this will useful for you.,
File - > New -> Project -> and Click Open Visual Studio Installer. Check this image
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uninstalling Visual studio 2017 enterprise and installing VS 2017 community

I would like uninstall visual studio 2017 enterprise from my window surface pro. after that i would like to install visual studio 2017 community. just wanted to ask the following,
is it going to be just uninstall the current version of vs from programmes and installing the new version.
is there any potential issue i need to be aware off?
thanks
Please, read the documentation:
Microsoft Docs | Install Visual Studio 2017
Microsoft Docs | Uninstall Visual Studio 2017
is it going to be just uninstall the current version of vs from
programmes and installing the new version.
Yes, uninstall Enterprise Edition and install Community. Or do it vice-verse.
BTW, you should run Visual Studio Installer, not Programs and Features to manage your VS2017 installations.
As far as I know, you do not need to uninstall the VS enterprise 2017 in your scenario. For VS 2017, we can keep different versions on the same computer. Please check this: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes#whats-new-in-visual-studio-2017 and find the following information:
Installation Nickname
Visual Studio Enterprise and Community (among other products) can now be installed side-by-side on the same computer. To make identifying these installations simpler, you can specify a short name or "nickname". For example, if you were to install Visual Studio Enterprise, and then install Community, both would appear the same on the start menu. You can give the second one a nickname like "community", and the start menu items will appear with names such as "Visual Studio 2017 (community)" and "Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2017 (community)".

Unable to Install Visual Studio 2013 on Computer with Visual Studio 2015

I have a Windows 8.1 computer with Visual Studio Community 2015 installed and no other version of Visual Studio. I want to install Visual Studio Community 2013 because this is required to use C++ with Unreal Engine 4. But I get
this error message when I try to install.
So I restarted my computer, and the same error message still shows up. I have tried installing from an executable from the Visual Studio webpage, and from a button in Unreal Engine 4 that opens the Visual Studio 2013 installer. What could be the problem? Thanks.
From memory, you're supposed to be able to install multiple versions of visual studio, provided you install them chronologically.
Make a backup.
Then try uninstalling VS 2015. Then installing VS 2013, then re-installing VS 2015.
Better yet, do this in a virtual machine.
- Additionally; A virtual machine will allow you to install VS 2013 in isolation, so that you won't need to uninstall VS 2015.

Install Visual Studio 2015 on mac

Is it possible to install Visual Studio 2015 on a mac?
Is there any straightforward documentation or explanation how to do it?
At the time of this writing, Visual Studio for Mac (preview) is available. If you are trying to install it to a location other than the internal hard drive, see my post here (wasn't possible at that time).
Up to this point, it's not possible to access directly Visual Studio 2015 in Mac.
You need to use Virtual Machine and install Windows 10 along with Visual Studio 2015 and access it from there. That's the only solution at this point.
However, there's Visual Studio 2017 for Mac ->
Visual Studio 2017

WP7 Installed and Templates Not Available in Visual Studio 2010

I have Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate installed. I installed all tools listed here.
When I create a new project in Visual Studio, I don't see anything about Windows Phone or XNA anywhere. I've tried reinstalling the tools. I've tried doing devene.exe /InstallVSTemplates following this.
Am I missing something here?
Update: I did have VS2010 SP1 installed before I installed the WP7 developer tools.
I was able to fix this by doing the following:
Uninstall everything related to Visual Studio 2010
Install Visual Studio 2010
Install the WP7 developer tools
Install VS2010 SP1
What I found was, when installing the WP7 developer tools, if VS2010 SP1 is installed, the tools installer doesn't find VS2010 and the plugins/templates don't get installed.
If there is a way to fix this without doing a reinstall, I'd love to know.
I did in this way:
goto the folder Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Silverlight for Windows Phone\
change the name folder 1033 to 2052
ran devenv.exe /InstallVSTemplates
start visual studio 2010, I found those templates are available but I got errors when try to create project form them .
So I changed the folder name back to 1033 and ran devenv.exe /InstallVSTemplates again.
Hi All,
I solve this problem as follows:
I'm creating a new project (silverlight for windows phone, for example) in Visual Studio Express.
Closing Express edition.
Open created project in my Ultimate edition! :)

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