Uninstall older releases of MATLAB

If I want to uninstall older releases of MATLAB for the purpose of recovering drive space without affecting the newer version. Is it possible?

Answer 1

[Jakob B. Nielsen]

If you navigate to C:\Program Files\MATLAB

You should see a folder for each version you have installed. I find my uninstall in e.g. 2018b if I further navigate to

C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2018b\uninstall\bin\win64

There should be no problems removing old versions - each version installation is completely parallel.

[Walter Roberson]

We do, however, recommend that you not remove an old version until you have verified that all of your code works in the newer version.

[Abhijeet Singh]

@Walter Roberson I have 3 previous versions. Just to be safe i can atleast remove 2 oldest ones right. Following the method mentioned by @Jakob B. Nielsen.

[Walter Roberson]

If you are not using the old version anymore, then go ahead and remove it. New versions do not depend on the old versions.

I end up installing a lot of old versions, but my situation is different: I am assisting a lot of people running old versions and I have to be able to replicate exactly what they are seeing.

[Abhijeet Singh]

Got it! Thanks a lot :) @Jakob B. Nielsen & @Walter Roberson