uninstall

un·in·stall

U0081550 (ŭn′ĭn-stôl′)tr.v. un·in·stalled, un·in·stall·ing, un·in·stalls To remove completely from a computer: uninstalled the obsolescent program.

uninstall

(ˈʌnɪnˌstɔːl) vb (tr) (Computer Science) computing to remove (a program)

un•in•stall

(ˌʌn ɪnˈstɔl)
v.t. to remove (software) from a computer system, esp. by using a special program (an un`in•stall′er or uninstall′ util`ity) that can find and remove an executable program and the accompanying files that allow it to run. [1990–95]

uninstall

Past participle: uninstalled
Gerund: uninstalling

Imperative
uninstall
uninstall

Present
I uninstall
you uninstall
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we uninstall
you uninstall
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Preterite
I uninstalled
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Present Continuous
I am uninstalling
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we are uninstalling
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Present Perfect
I have uninstalled
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Past Continuous
I was uninstalling
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we were uninstalling
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Past Perfect
I had uninstalled
you had uninstalled
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Future
I will uninstall
you will uninstall
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we will uninstall
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Future Perfect
I will have uninstalled
you will have uninstalled
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Future Continuous
I will be uninstalling
you will be uninstalling
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been uninstalling
you have been uninstalling
he/she/it has been uninstalling
we have been uninstalling
you have been uninstalling
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been uninstalling
you will have been uninstalling
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we will have been uninstalling
you will have been uninstalling
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been uninstalling
you had been uninstalling
he/she/it had been uninstalling
we had been uninstalling
you had been uninstalling
they had been uninstalling

Conditional
I would uninstall
you would uninstall
he/she/it would uninstall
we would uninstall
you would uninstall
they would uninstall

Past Conditional
I would have uninstalled
you would have uninstalled
he/she/it would have uninstalled
we would have uninstalled
you would have uninstalled
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Translations

uninstall

To remove hardware or software from a computer system. Uninstalling hardware requires removing the driver from the operating system. Uninstalling software requires removing all the files that were copied to the hard disk during installation as well as deleting Registry entries for Windows applications. Earlier PC uninstallers restored the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files if they were modified during installation.

Most applications come with their own uninstall utility, which is part of the program that installed the software in the first place. When installing, the install program records all changes made to the computer so they can be reversed when uninstalling. See install program.