How can I refresh the list of remote branches in my Visual Studio 2017 Team Explorer panel?

Question

How can I refresh the list of remote branches in my Visual Studio Team Explorer panel?

In the Visual Studio 2017, Team Explorer, Branches panel, I could see the 10 or so branches in our VSTS instance.

Then in Chrome, I deleted some of the older branches and created a new branch.

Switched back to VS 2017, but the list of remotes/origin branches still shows the old list, and I can't find any way to refresh it.

I tried changing to a different repo, the F5 Refresh on the team explorer header, I even closed and reopened VS 2017 ... but nothing refreshes the list to match what VSTS portal shows

Answer 1

Fetch them in the Visual Studio Team Explorer.

Try "View => Team Explorer"