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uninstall

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An uninstallation process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + install.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ապատեղադրել (apateġadrel) — completely remove hardware or software
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卸載 /卸载 (xiè zài) — completely remove hardware or software
  • Chinese Mandarin: 解除安裝 /解除安装 (jiě chú ān zhuāng) — completely remove hardware or software
  • Czech: odinstalovat — completely remove hardware or software
  • Dutch: de-installeren — completely remove hardware or software
  • Esperanto: malinstali — completely remove hardware or software
  • Finnish: poistaa — completely remove hardware or software
  • Finnish: poistaa asennus — completely remove hardware or software
  • French: désinstaller — completely remove hardware or software
  • Galician: desinstalar — completely remove hardware or software
  • Georgian: დეინსტალაცია (deinsṭalacia) — completely remove hardware or software
  • Georgian: ამოშლა (amošla) — completely remove hardware or software
  • German: deinstallieren — completely remove hardware or software
  • Greek: απεγκαθιστώ (apegkathistó) — completely remove hardware or software
  • Hungarian: eltávolít — completely remove hardware or software
  • Italian: disinstallare — completely remove hardware or software
  • Malay: nyahpasang — completely remove hardware or software
  • Māori: tangoutanga — completely remove hardware or software
  • Māori: wetetāuta — completely remove hardware or software
  • Polish: odinstalowywać — completely remove hardware or software
  • Polish: odinstalować — completely remove hardware or software
  • Polish: dezinstalować — completely remove hardware or software
  • Portuguese: desinstalar — completely remove hardware or software
  • Russian: удали́ть (udalítʹ) — completely remove hardware or software
  • Spanish: desinstalar — completely remove hardware or software
  • Swedish: avinstallera — completely remove hardware or software
  • Turkish: kaldırmak — completely remove hardware or software
  • Turkish: silmek — completely remove hardware or software
  • Ukrainian: видалити (vydalyty) — completely remove hardware or software