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uninstall

uninstall verb: to completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

Verb

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

  1. To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.
    • Apple devices are more conservative with preinstalled apps, but there is a core group of iOS apps you can't uninstall.2013 December 24, Heather Kelly, “Tips for getting started with your new mobile gadget”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2016

Noun

uninstall (plural uninstalls)

  1. An uninstallation process.
    • But what happens if the uninstall does not work, is corrupt, or is accidentally deleted? Then, a manual uninstall is necessary […]2004, Ron Ben-Natan, Richard Gornitsky, Tim Hanis, Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal

uninstall meaning in Tamil and Malay

uninstall in Tamil

நிறுவியது நீக்கு, நிறுவகற்று, நிறுவல் நீக்கம்

uninstall in Malay

completely remove hardware or software
nyahpasang

Forms of uninstall

Verb
third-person singular presentuninstalls
present participleuninstalling
past participleuninstalled
pastuninstalled
Noun
pluraluninstalls

Past tense of uninstall: uninstalled

Origin of uninstall

From un- + install.

Words formed from uninstall

Questions about uninstall

What does uninstall mean?
Uninstall means to completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.
What is uninstall in Tamil?
Uninstall in Tamil is நிறுவியது நீக்கு, நிறுவகற்று, நிறுவல் நீக்கம். See Uninstall meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is uninstall?
Uninstall can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of uninstall?
The past tense of uninstall is uninstalled.

Words near uninstall in the dictionary

  1. uninspires
  2. uninspiring
  3. uninspiringly
  4. uninspirited
  5. uninspissated
  6. uninstall
  7. uninstallable
  8. uninstallate
  9. uninstallated
  10. uninstallates
  11. uninstallating

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: uninstall (page history and authors); uninstall (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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