Visual Studio Community Downloads - 2026, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2015
Official download link to old version of Visual Studio Community Edition
It’s sometimes frustrating to open old or legacy .NET Framework projects with the latest Visual Studio version.
Fortunately, this can be simply solved by installing the old version of Visual Studio.
If you’re a small business, you may want to get the Visual Studio Professional edition. If you’re working in an enterprise company, you need to get the Visual Studio Enterprise edition.
While Professional or Enterprise versions of old Visual Studio may be available on Microsoft’s website, the Community version isn’t as accessible.
Here I’ve compiled a list of old Visual Studio Community versions from official Microsoft links.
⚠️ WARNING: This is only for Visual Studio product and NOT Visual Studio Code. They may sound similar but they’re totally different products.
Following are the download links for old Visual Studio Community editions. They’re all official links directly from Microsoft, not from random providers. So you don’t have to worry about their authenticity.
- 📦 Download Visual Studio 2026 Community
- 📦 Download Visual Studio 2022 Community
- 📦 Download Visual Studio 2019 Community
- 📦 Download Visual Studio 2017 Community
- 📦 Download Visual Studio 2015 Community (ISO)
Alternatively, if you need to work with very old .NET Framework projects, you might want to try SharpDevelop:
- SharpDevelop 5 for .NET Frameworks 2.0 to 4.5.1
- SharpDevelop 1.1 for .NET Framework 1.1
If you’re looking for macOS version to build some legacy Xamarin projects, don’t worry, I got you covered:
Hope this helps and good luck with your project!
Video
Here’s a video example on how to install Visual Studio 2022 Community edition. The similar steps can be applied to Visual Studio 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2026.
