For developers who simply want to but with a poor internet connection, Visual Studio Installer includes a built‑in "Download all, then install" option:
This example downloads only the .NET Desktop and Web development workloads in English.
Open a Command Prompt as an administrator and navigate to your download folder. Run a command to download the specific components you need. To download the entire IDE (approx. 75GB+): vs_community.exe --layout C:\VSLayout --lang en-US visual studio community edition offline installer
folder to your offline machine via a USB drive or network share. Microsoft Learn Install Certificates:
Before you begin, ensure your system meets the minimum requirements: For developers who simply want to but with
: A full offline layout for all workloads can exceed 40 GB. It is highly recommended to use the --add command to download only what you need.
Downloading the entire Visual Studio catalog requires over 40GB of disk space, most of which you may never use. It is highly recommended to download only the workloads you need. Common workload arguments include: To download the entire IDE (approx
(For other editions, replace vs_community.exe with vs_professional.exe or vs_enterprise.exe accordingly.)
Open the local layout folder ( C:\VSLayout ) on the target machine. Double-click vs_community.exe inside that folder. The Visual Studio Installer will open. Select your workloads and click .
The installer might fail to find components specified during the layout creation.