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On 7/28/2017 9:58 AM, mike wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have deleted all but var and dev from my C:\cygwin folder (which was 
> quite painful and time-consuming BTW) and then moved the cygwin folder 
> to my Documents folder and then deleted a Cygwin desktop icon and two 
> Cygwin folders from my Start > All Programs menu.  Is that sufficient to 
> give me a clean uninstall so that I can do a brand new Cygwin install 
> without problems?  I did it that way because I couldn't figure out any 
> other way of uninstalling Cygwin.

https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all

Ken

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