deinstallation
Program removal process
Deinstallation is the removal of software or hardware that was previously installed.
The term appears in technical documentation and corporate IT contexts, though uninstallation is more common in everyday usage: The deinstallation of the legacy system took three hours.
Both words mean the same thing—reversing an installation.
Taking apart systematically
- disassemblySeparating into components
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disconnectionState of being severed
- decouplingRemoval of interdependence
disengagement · stripping · extraction · clearance · withdrawal · ejection · dislodgement · unfastening
Act of taking away
- deletionRemoval of content
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- applicationFormal request document
cleanup · registry · executable · driver · plugin · extension · package · firmware
Forcible elimination of unwanted
- wipingRubbing to clean
- erasingRemoving recorded marks
- scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
- clearingTreeless space in forest
sanitizing · removing · deleting · expunging · sweeping · decontaminating · flushing · obliterating
dismantling
Taking apart systematically
- disassemblySeparating into components
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disconnectionState of being severed
decoupling · disengagement · stripping · extraction · clearance · withdrawal · ejection · dislodgement · unfastening · unplugging
removal
Act of taking away
- deletionRemoval of content
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- programPlanned sequence of actions
application · cleanup · registry · executable · driver · plugin · extension · package · firmware · middleware
purging
Forcible elimination of unwanted
clearing · sanitizing · removing · deleting · expunging · sweeping · decontaminating · flushing · obliterating
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deinstallationinstallation
Process of putting in
install · reinstallation · setup · deployment · loading
install, installs, installed, installing, installation, installations, reinstall, reinstalls, reinstalled