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uninstall

verb

Etymology

From un- + install.

  1. derived from *stel-✻
  2. derived from *stallaz✻ — “place, position”
  3. derived from *stall✻
  4. derived from īnstallō — “to install, put in place, establish”
  5. derived from installer
  6. inherited from installen
  7. prefixed as uninstall — “un- + install”

Definitions

  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.

  2. An uninstallation process.

    • But what happens if the uninstall does not work, is corrupt, or is accidentally deleted? Then, a manual uninstall is necessary […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for uninstall. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA