How can I disable ReSharper in Visual Studio and enable it again?

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I installed ReSharper, and it works in Visual Studio, but how can I disable it?

Whenever I search in the ReSharper menu, I can't find a disable option.

The `suspend option` by @matthew.perron works for me, but I also lost all the built-in code-analysis/inspection of Visual Studio :( — Jaider, May 18 '15 at 18:57

score 534 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '21 at 09:06

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You can disable ReSharper 5 and newer versions by using the Suspend Now button in menu Tools → Options → ReSharper.

edited Apr 13 '21 at 09:06

Andreas

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answered Apr 20 '10 at 14:22

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Thanks. It's sad but I have to disable every time i'm working html and .aspx pages. – RayLoveless Dec 10 '14 at 20:51
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I found I need to disable it for TypeScript -- it just gets everything wrong. – Martin May 06 '15 at 09:53

score 157 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 13 '14 at 08:32

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If you want to do it without clicking too much, open the Command Window (Ctrl + W, A) and type:

ReSharper_Suspend or ReSharper_Resume depending on what you want.

Or you can even set a keyboard shortcut for this purpose. In Visual Studio, go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard.

There you can assign a keyboard shortcut to ReSharper_Suspend and ReSharper_Resume.

The Command Window can also be opened with Ctrl + Alt + A, just in case you're in the editor.

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answered Mar 04 '11 at 23:56

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`Command Window` for me is bound to `Ctrl` `alt` `A`. That might be because Re# has bound the `Ctrl` `W` to `Extend selection` – default Feb 21 '13 at 09:52
Any option to disable it completely. It conflicts with keyboard. I don't want to do any changes with ReSharper - just disable, not suspend. Suspend keeps the shortcut to itself! – Ajay Jul 04 '14 at 08:06
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As also mentioned in other answers: there is also a hotkey called ReSharper_ToggleSuspended which allows you to use one HotKey to switch between suspended and resume. – ranieuwe Sep 23 '16 at 12:41

score 78 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 09 '11 at 17:18

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Bind ReSharper_ToggleSuspended to a shortcut key.

Steps:

Tools>Options
Click Keyboard on the left hand side
Type "suspend" in the "Show commands containing:" input box
Pick the "ReSharper_ToggleSuspended"
Press shortcut keys: and
Press the "Assign" button.

Binding ReSharper_ToggleSuspended to a shortcut key (in my case: Ctrl-Shift-Q) works very well. With ReSharper not supporting the async CTP yet (as of mid-2011), when dipping into the code the uses the async keyword, this shortcut is invaluable.

answered Jun 09 '11 at 17:18

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I find this the most practical of the solutions posted for temporarily suspending ReSharper (and it's easy to see the current state by the presence/absence of the ReSharper menu bar entry). One notable case is when switching solution configurations for reasonably large (> 50 project) solutions. This operations is approx 10x slower with ReSharper enabled (252 seconds vs. 25 seconds without). It is very handy to be able to toggle ReSharper off temporarily for tweaking project settings, then re-enable, without requiring reloading or option menu drilling. – holtavolt Nov 27 '12 at 17:48
I like this toggling option. Sometimes, when I type re# slows me down big time. I thought disabling would help me type faster. But when I enabled it back it takes so long to load that ultimately it slows me down even more :( now I'm learning to live with slow typing :( – SZT Apr 13 '15 at 19:35

Derek Ziemba · Answer 4 · 2020-07-10T20:04:45.730

I always forget how to do this and this is the top result on Google. IMO, none of the answers here are satisfactory.
So the next time I search this and to help others, here's how to do it and what the button looks like to toggle it:

Make sure Resharper is currently enabled or the commands may fail.
Open package manager console via the Quick Launch bar near the caption buttons to launch a PowerShell instance.
Enter the code below into the Package Manager Console Powershell instance:

If you want to add it to the standard toolbar:

$cmdBar = $dte.CommandBars.Item("Standard") 
$cmd = $dte.Commands.Item("ReSharper_ToggleSuspended")
$ctrl = $cmd.AddControl($cmdBar, $cmdBar.Controls.Count+1)
$ctrl.Caption = "R#"

If you want to add it to a new custom toolbar:

$toolbarType = [EnvDTE.vsCommandBarType]::vsCommandBarTypeToolbar
$cmdBar = $dte.Commands.AddCommandBar("Resharper", $toolbarType)
$cmd = $dte.Commands.Item("ReSharper_ToggleSuspended")
$ctrl = $cmd.AddControl($cmdBar, $cmdBar.Controls.Count+1)
$ctrl.Caption = "R#"

If you mess up and need to start over, remove it with:

$ctrl.Delete($cmdBar)
$dte.Commands.RemoveCommandBar($cmdBar)

In addition to adding the button, you may wish to add the keyboard shortcut
ctrl+shift+Num -, ctrl+shift+Num - that is: ctrl+shift+-+-

EDIT: Looks like StingyJack found the original post I found long ago. It never shows up when I do a google search for this
https://stackoverflow.com/a/41792417/16391

I can never find the post without tooling around for several minutes either, so I added it to a bunch of posh scripts that I can find https://github.com/StingyJack/Vs-Utility/blob/master/Add-ResharperToggleButton.ps1 — StingyJack, Mar 10 '18 at 14:14
Best solution, but be aware that at least the first command group will fail if r# is currently not enabled! — Samuel, Feb 12 '20 at 08:23
This one of the greatest answer ever, not only for this question, but in general. No talk, just code, and it works. Thanks! — g.pickardou, Sep 24 '20 at 10:43

score 28 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 04 '20 at 07:54

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If resharper is completely missing from the options menu, it could be because the extension itself has been disabled.

In Visual Studio 2017 ReSharper 2018.X.X can be enabled and disabled by going to Help > Manage Visual Studio Performance. Then select JetBrains ReSharper ... under Extensions.

In Visual Studio 2019, you would go under Extensions->Manage Extensions->Installed

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score 12 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 23 '12 at 10:43

You can add a menu item to toggle ReSharper if you don't want to use the command window or a shortcut key. Sadly the ReSharper_ToggleSuspended command can't be directly added to a menu (there's an open issue on that), but it's easy enough to work around:

Create a macro like this:

Sub ToggleResharper()

    DTE.ExecuteCommand("ReSharper_ToggleSuspended")

End Sub

Then add a menu item to run that macro:

Tools | Customize...
Choose the Commands tab
Choose the menu you want to put the item on
Click Add Command...
In the list on the left, choose "Macros"
In the resulting list on the right, choose the macro
Click OK
Highlight your new command in the list and click Modify Selection... to set the menu item text etc.

How to add a macro in VS2017? – Hrvoje Hudo Mar 09 '17 at 10:16 — Hrvoje Hudo, Mar 09 '17 at 10:16
@HrvojeHudo Macros don't exist anymore in VS2017. – Styxxy Sep 21 '17 at 14:57 — Styxxy, Sep 21 '17 at 14:57

score 12 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 29 '14 at 13:51

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You need to goto Tools-->Options--->Select Resharper--->Click on suspend now,to disable it

answered Sep 29 '14 at 13:51

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score 10 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 21 '20 at 12:41

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Now Resharper supports Suspend & Resume argument at devenv.exe

(ReSharper 2019.2.3)

Run VS & Suspend R#:

devenv.exe /ReSharper.Suspend

Run VS & Resume R#:

devenv.exe /ReSharper.Resume

Here's an example usage:

answered Mar 21 '20 at 12:41

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Exactly what I was looking for, and can confirm that it works VS2019 and Resharper 2020.X! Thank you! Now, I just need to know how to enable/disable xaml designer via commandline as well. – mickeymicks Jun 10 '21 at 09:09

score 9 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 24 '18 at 13:43

In case the solution did not help to just suspend resharper (STRG+R, STRG+R did still not work for example) I decided to disable the plugin and restart visual studio.

VisualStudio > Extras > Extensions > Resharper > Disable

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/how-to-diagnose-extension-performance

score 7 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 03 '13 at 15:11

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In ReSharper 8: Tools -> Options -> ReSharper -> Suspend Now

answered Oct 03 '13 at 15:11

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score 7 · Answer 11 · edited Apr 29 '21 at 06:38

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For ReSharper 2017.2.2, go to ReSharper | Options | Product and features.

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answered Oct 10 '17 at 11:09

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It still works via Tools -> Options -> ReSharper (VS2015, ReSpharper 2017.2.2), which is where you have to go to if you want to enable it again. (ReSpharper->options-> Product and features won't be available after ReSharper has been disabled) – Alex Sanséau Nov 07 '17 at 12:45

score 6 · Answer 12 · answered Oct 15 '12 at 09:02

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Tools -> Options -> ReSharper (Tick "Show All setting" if ReSharper option not available ). Then you can do Suspend or Resume. Hope it helps (I tested only in VS2005)

answered Oct 15 '12 at 09:02

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score 4 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 29 '20 at 18:15

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Very simple steps:

Go to Extensions → Manage Extensions
Click on Installed section at the top left and search for "resharper"

You will see disable button over the extension, click to it then restart Visual Studio and that's it!

answered Apr 29 '20 at 18:15

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Precisely, you may be looking for Resharper... but look for JetBrains, that is how you can reenable it if you suspended it and can't find it again... It is also how you can disable it instead of suspending it. – Patrick Knott Jun 24 '21 at 14:36

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