Drupal 8 User Guide: 4.4. Uninstalling Unused Modules

Goal: Uninstall the core Search and History modules, as well as the core Activity Tracker module if you installed it in Section 4.3, “Installing a Module”, to reduce overhead.

See the written version of this tutorial for links to prerequisites and related tutorials.

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[juddhalcyon]

Is uninstall and disable the same in D8? in D7 you can just disable the module temporarily and if you really don't need it, then you can uninstall it completely.