transitive verbuninstalls, British uninstals, uninstalling, uninstalled

• Remove (an application or file) from a computer.

  ‘It often happens that uninstalling an application does not completely remove all program components.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘By design, the Registry does not shrink in size when an application is uninstalled.’
  • ‘Once you installed the program and key file, you could not install either on another computer without uninstalling the key file from the first computer.’
  • ‘I uninstalled the internet software, uninstalled the drivers, removed the card, cycled the CPU, reinstalled the card, and reinstalled the software.’
  • ‘Instead, his group is asking industry to develop best practices for downloading and uninstalling software.’