docs: Add instructions for uninstalling Zed (#29840)

docs/src/getting-started.md

@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ curl -f https://zed.dev/install.sh | ZED_CHANNEL=preview sh
 
 This script supports `x86_64` and `AArch64`, as well as common Linux distributions: Ubuntu, Arch, Debian, RedHat, CentOS, Fedora, and more.
 
-If this script is insufficient for your use case or you run into problems running Zed, please see our [Linux-specific documentation](./linux.md).
+If Zed is installed using this installation script, it can be uninstalled at any time by running the shell command `zed --uninstall`. The shell will then prompt you whether you'd like to keep your preferences or delete them. After making a choice, you should see a message that Zed was successfully uninstalled.
+
+If this script is insufficient for your use case, you run into problems running Zed, or there are errors in uninstalling Zed, please see our [Linux-specific documentation](./linux.md).
 
 ## Command Palette
 

docs/src/linux.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Zed on Linux
 
+## Standard Installation
+
 For most people we recommend using the script on the [download](https://zed.dev/download) page to install Zed:
 
 ```sh
@@ -81,6 +83,38 @@ sed -i "s|Icon=zed|Icon=$HOME/.local/zed.app/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/ze
 sed -i "s|Exec=zed|Exec=$HOME/.local/zed.app/libexec/zed-editor|g" ~/.local/share/applications/dev.zed.Zed.desktop
 ```
 
+## Uninstalling Zed
+
+### Standard Uninstall
+
+If Zed was installed using the default installation script, it can be uninstalled by supplying the `--uninstall` flag to the `zed` shell command
+
+```sh
+zed --uninstall
+```
+
+If there are no errors, the shell will then prompt you whether you'd like to keep your preferences or delete them. After making a choice, you should see a message that Zed was successfully uninstalled.
+
+In the case that the `zed` shell command was not found in your PATH, you can try one of the following commands
+
+```sh
+$HOME/.local/bin/zed --uninstall
+```
+
+or
+
+```sh
+$HOME/.local/zed.app/bin.zed --uninstall
+```
+
+The first case might fail if a symlink was not properly established between `$HOME/.local/bin/zed` and `$HOME/.local/zed.app/bin.zed`. But the second case should work as long as Zed was installed to its default location.
+
+If Zed was installed to a different location, you must invoke the `zed` binary stored in that installation directory and pass the `--uninstall` flag to it in the same format as the previous commands.
+
+### Package Manager
+
+If Zed was installed using a package manager, please consult the documentation for that package manager on how to uninstall a package.
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 Linux works on a large variety of systems configured in many different ways. We primarily test Zed on a vanilla Ubuntu setup, as it is the most common distribution our users use, that said we do expect it to work on a wide variety of machines.