How to uninstall OpenCV in Windows?

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is a powerful open-source computer vision and machine learning software library. While it provides incredible functionality for image processing and analysis, there may come a time when you need to uninstall it from your Windows system. This article will show how we can uninstall Python OpenCV in Windows.

Uninstall OpenCV on Windows

Below is the step-by-step procedure by which we can uninstall Python OpenCV on Windows:

Uninstalling OpenCV Using pip

If you installed OpenCV using pip, you can uninstall it using the following command in the command prompt:

pip uninstall opencv-python

After entering enter you will be asked to press y or n, to uninstall we will press y on the keyboard and OpenCV will be removed from our system.

Output:

Verify the Uninstallation of OpenCV

We can verify the uninstallation of OpenCV by using the following command:

pip show opencv-python

Output:

WARNING: Package(s) not found: opencv-python

Here, it is showing the package warning that means the Python OpenCV is successfully uninstalled from windows.