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Clarify uninstallation docs (#9938)

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See https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/9871

> The current instructions first mention removing the binaries, and then
mention a suggestion for removing stored data. The recommended data
removal process involves uv commands that will no longer be available if
the binaries are gone 😄.

I've edited the uninstallation docs to first suggest removing stored
data before removing the uv and uvx binaries.

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@ -190,24 +190,9 @@ Then restart the shell or source the shell config file.
## Uninstallation
If you need to remove uv from your system, just remove the `uv` and `uvx` binaries:
If you need to remove uv from your system, follow these steps:
=== "macOS and Linux"
```console
$ rm ~/.local/bin/uv ~/.local/bin/uvx
```
=== "Windows"
```powershell
$ rm $HOME\.local\bin\uv.exe
$ rm $HOME\.local\bin\uvx.exe
```
!!! tip
You may want to remove data that uv has stored before removing the binaries:
1. Clean up stored data (optional):
```console
$ uv cache clean
@ -215,11 +200,30 @@ If you need to remove uv from your system, just remove the `uv` and `uvx` binari
$ rm -r "$(uv tool dir)"
```
!!! note
!!! tip
Prior to 0.5.0, uv was installed into `~/.cargo/bin`. The binaries can be removed from there to
uninstall. Upgrading from an older version will not automatically remove the binaries from
`~/.cargo/bin`.
Before removing the binaries, you may want to remove any data that uv has stored.
2. Remove the uv and uvx binaries:
=== "macOS and Linux"
```console
$ rm ~/.local/bin/uv ~/.local/bin/uvx
```
=== "Windows"
```powershell
$ rm $HOME\.local\bin\uv.exe
$ rm $HOME\.local\bin\uvx.exe
```
!!! note
Prior to 0.5.0, uv was installed into `~/.cargo/bin`. The binaries can be removed from there to
uninstall. Upgrading from an older version will not automatically remove the binaries from
`~/.cargo/bin`.
## Next steps