"uninstall" meaning in English

See uninstall in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: uninstalls [plural]
Etymology: From un- + install. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|install|id1=reversive}} un- + install Head templates: {{en-noun}} uninstall (plural uninstalls)
  1. (computing) An uninstallation process. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-uninstall-en-noun--tRDv~NT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 66 34 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: uninstalls [present, singular, third-person], uninstalling [participle, present], uninstalled [participle, past], uninstalled [past]
Etymology: From un- + install. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|install|id1=reversive}} un- + install Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: uninstaller Related terms: uninstallation Translations (completely remove hardware or software): ապատեղադրել (apateġadrel) (Armenian), odinstalovat (Czech), de-installeren (Dutch), malinstali (Esperanto), poistaa (Finnish), poistaa asennus (Finnish), désinstaller (French), desinstalar (Galician), დეინსტალაცია (deinsṭalacia) (Georgian), ამოშლა (amošla) (Georgian), deinstallieren (German), απεγκαθιστώ (apegkathistó) (Greek), eltávolít (Hungarian), disinstallare (Italian), nyahpasang (Malay), tangoutanga (Maori), wetetāuta (Maori), odinstalowywać [imperfective] (Polish), odinstalować [perfective] (Polish), dezinstalować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), desinstalar (Portuguese), удали́ть (udalítʹ) (Russian), desinstalar (Spanish), avinstallera (Swedish), kaldırmak (Turkish), silmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-uninstall-en-verb-jJlVVOWi Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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