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Reinstall vs Uninstall - What's the difference?

reinstall | uninstall |

As verbs the difference between reinstall and uninstall

is that reinstall is to install again while uninstall is (computing) to completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

As a noun reinstall

is reinstallation.

reinstall

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To install again.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • reinstallation
    • I tried removing and reinstalling the software, but the reinstall failed.

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    uninstall

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

    • Derived terms

    * uninstaller

    Related terms

    * uninstallation