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		Ask HN: Which is correct? Un-Install, or De-Install?
		1 point by Jaruzel on Sept 6, 2017 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

		We're all pretty clued up people right? And we're more than familiar with software... So my learned friends, which is correct English.. uninstall, or deinstall ? The internet seems confused over this, hence me asking it here.

dsr_ on Sept 6, 2017 | [–]

Uninstall, or remove.

However, if a critical mass start using deinstall, that will become correct. English doesn't have a governing academy, it has a general consensus.

hankhill on Sept 6, 2017 | | [–]

Just remove.

liudmila on Sept 6, 2017 | [–]

uninstall

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