uninstall

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ install.

Verb

uninstall (third-person singular simple present uninstalls, present participle uninstalling, simple past and past participle uninstalled)

1. (computing) To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

Derived terms

• uninstaller

Related terms

• uninstallation

Translations

completely remove hardware or software

• Armenian: ապատեղադրել (apateġadrel)
• Czech: odinstalovat
• Dutch: de-installeren
• Esperanto: malinstali
• Finnish: poistaa (fi), poistaa asennus
• French: désinstaller (fr)
• Galician: desinstalar
• Georgian: დეინსტალაცია (deinsṭalacia), ამოშლა (amošla)
• German: deinstallieren (de)
• Greek: απεγκαθιστώ (el) (apegkathistó)
• Hungarian: eltávolít (hu)
• Italian: disinstallare
• Malay: nyahpasang (ms)
• Maori: tangoutanga, wetetāuta
• Polish: odinstalowywać impf, odinstalować pf, dezinstalować impf or pf
• Portuguese: desinstalar (pt)
• Russian: удали́ть (ru) (udalítʹ)
• Spanish: desinstalar (es)
• Swedish: avinstallera (sv)
• Turkish: kaldırmak (tr), silmek (tr)

Noun

uninstall (plural uninstalls)

1. (computing) An uninstallation process.
   • 2004, Ron Ben-Natan, Richard Gornitsky, Tim Hanis, Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal:

     But what happens if the uninstall does not work, is corrupt, or is accidentally deleted? Then, a manual uninstall is necessary […]