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Uninstall[link]

terminates an external program started by Install, and removes Wolfram Language definitions set up by it.

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Uninstall

Uninstall[link]

terminates an external program started by Install, and removes Wolfram Language definitions set up by it.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Start a WSTP-compatible external program:

Wolfram Language code: addtwo = FileNameJoin[{$InstallationDirectory, "SystemFiles", "Links", "WSTP", "DeveloperKit", $SystemID, "PrebuiltExamples", "addtwo"}];
Wolfram Language code: link = Install[addtwo]

Get usage information:

Wolfram Language code: ? AddTwo

Call an external function:

Wolfram Language code: AddTwo[2, 3]

Terminate the external program:

Wolfram Language code: Uninstall[link];

The external function is no longer available:

Wolfram Language code: AddTwo[2, 3]
Wolfram Research (1991), Uninstall, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Uninstall.html (updated 1996).

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), Uninstall, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Uninstall.html (updated 1996).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "Uninstall." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 1996. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Uninstall.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). Uninstall. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Uninstall.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_uninstall, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Uninstall}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Uninstall.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_uninstall, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Uninstall}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Uninstall.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}