vb. To remove software completely from a system, including the elimination of files and components residing in system locations such as the registry in Windows 9x, Windows NT, or Windows 2000. Some applications have built-in uninstall utilities, and in other cases a separate uninstall program can be used. Also called: deinstall.
Remove a program from your system. You can't just delete its folder, because almost all programs make changes to various parts of Windows. Many programs come with a special uninstaller, which you should use if it exists. Otherwise, you can uninstall programs (in Windows) from the Control Panel.
To uninstall a program is to completely remove all files of that program and all associated files in other directories. Simply deleting files from a program’s main directory will not remove all of its files. Uninstalling the program will.
Unix users: the -uninstall option removes any crontab entries made to automatically start Wusage for scheduled updates and/or automatic startup of the program. This option does not delete any other files and can be safely used.
To completely remove a program from your system. When a program is installed, it’s files are copied to the system disk, and changes are made to certain system files and folders to allow the program to work properly. Properly uninstalling a program means deleting all of the files and undoing any changes made to system files fully.
The process of removing a program from a computer. Some applications must be removed with an uninstall program, which removes all files that were installed with the program and restores any modifications made to system files.
The process of removing unwanted applications from your PC. You might want to do this to free up hard disk space, or simply because you no longer use the program. Most programs have their own uninstall routine, or you can use Windows uninstall command from Control Panel.
use of a program to remove unwanted software from a computer.
When referring to software, the act of removing program files and folders from your hard disk and removing related data from your registry so the software is no longer available. When referring to a device, the act of removing the corresponding device drivers from your hard disk and physically removing the device from your computer. See also: device driver; install