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| <H1>Uninstalling software (aka uninstalling features)</H1> |
| <p>The <b>Uninstall</b> wizard allows you to review and uninstall items in your |
| configuration. This wizard is shown when you select items and press <b>Uninstall...</b> from the |
| <b>Installed Software</b> page. To uninstall software from your system: |
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| <li>Click <b>Help > About</b> and then click |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.help.installationDialog")'> |
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| <b>Installation Details...</b></a> to open a dialog showing pages that provide more detail about your installation. </li> |
| <li> Click the <b>Installed Software</b> tab to see a list of the software items that you have installed into your system.</li> |
| <li>Select the items that you wish to uninstall. </li> |
| <li>Click <b>Uninstall...</b>.</li> |
| <li>The <b>Uninstall Details</b> page will show you a list of the items that will be uninstalled. Expanding each item will |
| show what additional items (if any) will be uninstalled as a result of your choice.</li> |
| <li>If you change your mind about which items should be uninstalled, you may click <b>Back</b> |
| to see a checkmark list of the items you selected before. You may check and |
| uncheck different items in the list, and click <b>Next</b> when you are ready to continue.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>Finish</b> to start the uninstall.</li> |
| <li>Once all of the software is uninstalled successfully, you will be prompted |
| to restart for the Workbench. Click <b>Yes</b> |
| when asked to exit and restart the Workbench for the changes to take effect.</li> |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="tasks-130.htm">Installation Details</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-124.htm">Installing new software</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-123.htm">Reverting to a saved configuration</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-122.htm">Scheduling automatic updates</a><br> |
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