Uninstall MATLAB

To uninstall MATLAB^®, follow the instructions for the operating system of your computer.

Linux and macOS

On Linux^® and macOS systems, delete the folder where MATLAB is installed. The default location of this folder is as follows, where R20XXy is the MATLAB release being uninstalled.

Linux — /usr/local/MATLAB/R20XXy
macOS — /Applications/MATLAB_R20XXy.app

If the license for the uninstalled MATLAB release is no longer in use on this computer—that is, no other MathWorks^® products on the computer use this license—consider deactivating the license from this computer. For more details, see Deactivate MATLAB License.

Windows

On Windows^® systems, from the list of installed apps, start the interactive uninstaller and follow the prompts to uninstall MATLAB.

Windows 10 — From the Windows Start menu, search for Apps & features and open the list of installed apps. Find the MATLAB release you want to uninstall and click Uninstall.
Windows 11 — From the Windows Start menu, search for Installed apps and open the list of installed apps. Find the MATLAB release you want to uninstall, and from the ellipsis menu, click Uninstall.

If the uninstaller is not in the list of installed apps, or if the installation fails, see How do I uninstall MathWorks products on Windows when the uninstaller fails?

Uninstall MATLAB from Windows Command Line

Since R2024a:

To uninstall MATLAB silently, without opening the uninstaller UI, run the uninstaller from the command line with the mode option set to silent. Here, matlabroot is the MATLAB installation folder.

matlabroot\bin\win64\MathWorksProductUninstaller.exe --mode silent

For example, this command uninstalls MATLAB R2024a from the default installation location.

"C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2024a\bin\win64\MathWorksProductUninstaller.exe" --mode silent

Before R2024a:

Make a copy of the uninstaller properties file, uninstaller_input.txt, that is used to configure your uninstallation. This file is located in the uninstall folder of your MATLAB installation folder, matlabroot. For example:
```
copy matlabroot\uninstall\uninstaller_input.txt C:\temp\my_uninstall.txt
```
In a text editor, open the file you copied and configure the uninstallation by following the instructions in the file. For example:
- These options uninstall MATLAB, including all toolboxes, in silent mode, and returns any output status or error messages to the specified log file.
```
mode=silent
outputFile=C:\logs\matlab_uninstall.log
```
- These options uninstall only specific toolboxes from MATLAB.
```
mode=silent
outputFile=C:\logs\matlab_uninstall.log
product.Aerospace_Toolbox
product.Antenna_Toolbox
```
When you are done, save the file.
Run the uninstaller executable, using the -inputFile option to specify the properties file as a command line argument. For example:
```
matlabroot\uninstall\bin\win64\uninstall.exe -inputFile C:\temp\my_uninstall.txt
```

If the license for the uninstalled MATLAB release is no longer in use on this computer—that is, no other MathWorks products on the computer use this license—consider deactivating the license from this computer. For more details, see Deactivate MATLAB License.