unpatch

English

Etymology

un- +‎ patch

Verb

unpatch (third-person singular simple present unpatches, present participle unpatching, simple past and past participle unpatched)

1. (computing, transitive, rare) To undo the process of patching; to remove a patch from.
   • 1983, PC Mag, volume 1, number 10, page 417:

     […] to use these three commands, you have two options: change the defaults in Footnote, or use Debug to unpatch WordStar.

   • 2011, Eric Lengyel, Game Engine Gems 2, page 347:

     If you can patch pointers, you can unpatch them as well. This affords you the ability to defragment memory, among other things […]