how to uninstall MinGW and make cygwin 'make' as deafult make program with gcc 3.8.1

Answer 1:

1. if you have used an installer, uninstall it through program manager
2. Remove your MinGW folder (eg. C:/MinGW)
3. Make sure there's no MinGW path left in PATH environment variable

If you haven't used an installer, you can skip 1., but if you have, you should check 2. and 3. manually.

Answer 2:

Do you use an IDE? If yes you can specify your make / gcc there. You can set an absolute path to the correct program too.

We can't uninstall MinGW with program manager. Just delete the folder and the environment variable.