List & Clean Commands

List Command

The list command shows installed and available versions.

List Installed Versions

msvc-kit list

Output:

Installed versions in C:\msvc-kit

MSVC Compiler:
  - 14.44.34823

Windows SDK:
  - 10.0.26100.0

List Available Versions

msvc-kit list --available

# Query a specific Visual Studio channel
msvc-kit list --available --vs-channel 2026

The command prints which Visual Studio channel served the versions. See Visual Studio Versions & Channels for channel selection.

Output (--available prints only the newest version of each component, not a full list):

Fetching available versions from Microsoft...

Visual Studio channel: Visual Studio 2026 (v18)

Latest MSVC version: 14.44.34823
Latest Windows SDK version: 10.0.26100.0

Use the library API (list_available_versions) to get the full msvc_versions / sdk_versions vectors.

Clean Command

The clean command removes installed components and cache.

Remove Specific Version

# Remove specific MSVC version
msvc-kit clean --msvc-version 14.44

# Remove specific SDK version
msvc-kit clean --sdk-version 10.0.26100.0

Remove All Versions

msvc-kit clean --all

Clear Download Cache

# Clear cache only
msvc-kit clean --cache

# Remove all and clear cache
msvc-kit clean --all --cache

What Gets Deleted

Option	Deletes
--msvc-version X	VC/Tools/MSVC/X/ directory
--sdk-version X	SDK files for version X
--all	All MSVC and SDK installations
--cache	downloads/ directory

Dry Run

There is no dry-run flag - check files manually:

ls "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\loonghao\msvc-kit\data"

Disk Space

Check disk usage:

# PowerShell
Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\loonghao\msvc-kit\data" -Recurse |
  Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum |
  Select-Object @{N='Size (GB)';E={[math]::Round($_.Sum/1GB, 2)}}

Typical sizes:

• MSVC compiler: ~1-2 GB
• Windows SDK: ~2-3 GB
• Download cache: ~1-3 GB (can be cleared)