uninstalls

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of uninstall.

   The technician uninstalls each driver before testing the replacement.

   Whenever the system detects malware, it quietly uninstalls the affected program.

   Note

   A verb form that agrees only with a singular third-person subject: the technician, the system, it. Every other present-tense subject takes the bare form, as in I uninstall and they uninstall. The verb is transitive, and its object is the hardware or software being removed. The same spelling also serves as the plural noun for removals, so context must show whether an action or a count is meant.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of uninstall.

   The analytics dashboard tracks installs and uninstalls side by side each week.

   A sudden spike in uninstalls followed the controversial privacy policy.

   Note

   Counting is what the plural is for: each uninstall is one removal, and the noun turns the action into something that can be tallied. Unlike the present-tense verb, it takes numbers and determiners, as in three uninstalls or the uninstalls this month. Its longer equivalent, uninstallation, names the same process.

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