diff --git a/src/extensions/__tests__/extension-loader.test.ts b/src/extensions/__tests__/extension-loader.test.ts
index 34dcaec1fe..90aebfaee9 100644
--- a/src/extensions/__tests__/extension-loader.test.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/__tests__/extension-loader.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jest.mock(
                   name: "TestExtension",
                   version: "1.0.0",
                 },
+                absolutePath: "/test/1",
                 manifestPath,
                 isBundled: false,
                 isEnabled: true,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ jest.mock(
                   name: "TestExtension2",
                   version: "2.0.0",
                 },
+                absolutePath: "/test/2",
                 manifestPath: manifestPath2,
                 isBundled: false,
                 isEnabled: true,
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ jest.mock(
                       name: "TestExtension",
                       version: "1.0.0",
                     },
+                    absolutePath: "/test/1",
                     manifestPath,
                     isBundled: false,
                     isEnabled: true,
@@ -64,7 +67,8 @@ jest.mock(
                       name: "TestExtension3",
                       version: "3.0.0",
                     },
-                    manifestPath3,
+                    absolutePath: "/test/3",
+                    manifestPath: manifestPath3,
                     isBundled: false,
                     isEnabled: true,
                   },
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ describe("ExtensionLoader", () => {
       expect(extensionLoader.userExtensions).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Map {
           "manifest/path" => Object {
+            "absolutePath": "/test/1",
             "isBundled": false,
             "isEnabled": true,
             "manifest": Object {
@@ -103,13 +108,14 @@ describe("ExtensionLoader", () => {
             "manifestPath": "manifest/path",
           },
           "manifest/path3" => Object {
+            "absolutePath": "/test/3",
             "isBundled": false,
             "isEnabled": true,
             "manifest": Object {
               "name": "TestExtension3",
               "version": "3.0.0",
             },
-            "manifestPath3": "manifest/path3",
+            "manifestPath": "manifest/path3",
           },
         }
       `);
diff --git a/src/extensions/__tests__/lens-extension.test.ts b/src/extensions/__tests__/lens-extension.test.ts
index d6ba04cbb5..277a76b410 100644
--- a/src/extensions/__tests__/lens-extension.test.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/__tests__/lens-extension.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ describe("lens extension", () => {
         name: "foo-bar",
         version: "0.1.1"
       },
+      absolutePath: "/absolute/fake/",
       manifestPath: "/this/is/fake/package.json",
       isBundled: false,
       isEnabled: true
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts b/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
index ab17606e92..452bba4d65 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-discovery.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ import type { LensExtensionId, LensExtensionManifest } from "./lens-extension";
 
 export interface InstalledExtension {
     readonly manifest: LensExtensionManifest;
+
+    // Absolute path to the non-symlinked source folder,
+    // e.g. "/Users/user/.k8slens/extensions/helloworld"
+    readonly absolutePath: string;
+
+    // Absolute to the symlinked package.json file
     readonly manifestPath: string;
     readonly isBundled: boolean; // defined in project root's package.json
     isEnabled: boolean;
@@ -174,6 +180,24 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery {
     }
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Uninstalls extension by path.
+   * The application will detect the folder unlink and remove the extension from the UI automatically.
+   * @param absolutePath Path to the non-symlinked folder of the extension
+   */
+  async uninstallExtension(absolutePath: string) {
+    logger.info(`${logModule} Uninstalling ${absolutePath}`);
+  
+    const exists = await fs.pathExists(absolutePath);
+
+    if (!exists) {
+      throw new Error(`Extension path ${absolutePath} doesn't exist`);
+    }
+
+    // fs.remove does nothing if the path doesn't exist anymore
+    await fs.remove(absolutePath);
+  }
+
   async load(): Promise<Map<LensExtensionId, InstalledExtension>> {
     if (this.loadStarted) {
       // The class is simplified by only supporting .load() to be called once
@@ -230,6 +254,7 @@ export class ExtensionDiscovery {
       const isEnabled = isBundled || extensionsStore.isEnabled(installedManifestPath);
 
       return {
+        absolutePath: path.dirname(manifestPath),
         manifestPath: installedManifestPath,
         manifest: manifestJson,
         isBundled,
diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts b/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts
index 43f080325b..a73f173e7c 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-loader.ts
@@ -68,15 +68,18 @@ export class ExtensionLoader {
     logger.info(`${logModule} deleting extension instance ${lensExtensionId}`);
     const instance = this.instances.get(lensExtensionId);
 
-    if (instance) {
-      try {
-        instance.disable();
-        this.events.emit("remove", instance);
-        this.instances.delete(lensExtensionId);
-      } catch (error) {
-        logger.error(`${logModule}: deactivation extension error`, { lensExtensionId, error });
-      }
+    if (!instance) {
+      return;
     }
+
+    try {
+      instance.disable();
+      this.events.emit("remove", instance);
+      this.instances.delete(lensExtensionId);
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`${logModule}: deactivation extension error`, { lensExtensionId, error });
+    }
+
   }
 
   removeExtension(lensExtensionId: LensExtensionId) {
@@ -85,7 +88,6 @@ export class ExtensionLoader {
     if (!this.extensions.delete(lensExtensionId)) {
       throw new Error(`Can't remove extension ${lensExtensionId}, doesn't exist.`);
     }
-
   }
 
   protected async initMain() {
diff --git a/src/extensions/lens-extension.ts b/src/extensions/lens-extension.ts
index 3c9f70eb49..1d16183d75 100644
--- a/src/extensions/lens-extension.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/lens-extension.ts
@@ -114,3 +114,7 @@ export class LensExtension {
 export function sanitizeExtensionName(name: string) {
   return name.replace("@", "").replace("/", "--");
 }
+
+export function extensionDisplayName(name: string, version: string) {
+  return `${name}@${version}`;
+}
diff --git a/src/extensions/registries/__tests__/page-registry.test.ts b/src/extensions/registries/__tests__/page-registry.test.ts
index fafc801cc4..4c94274a37 100644
--- a/src/extensions/registries/__tests__/page-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/registries/__tests__/page-registry.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ describe("getPageUrl", () => {
         name: "foo-bar",
         version: "0.1.1"
       },
+      absolutePath: "/absolute/fake/",
       manifestPath: "/this/is/fake/package.json",
       isBundled: false,
       isEnabled: true
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ describe("globalPageRegistry", () => {
         name: "@acme/foo-bar",
         version: "0.1.1"
       },
+      absolutePath: "/absolute/fake/",
       manifestPath: "/this/is/fake/package.json",
       isBundled: false,
       isEnabled: true
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.scss b/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.scss
index 79f96c74af..888341728a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.scss
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
       padding: $padding $spacing;
       background: $layoutBackground;
       border-radius: $radius;
+
+      .actions > button:not(:last-child) {
+        margin-right: $spacing / 2;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx
index 12965feefc..03f34f96ee 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+extensions/extensions.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-import "./extensions.scss";
+import { t, Trans } from "@lingui/macro";
 import { remote, shell } from "electron";
-import os from "os";
-import path from "path";
 import fse from "fs-extra";
-import React from "react";
 import { computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import { t, Trans } from "@lingui/macro";
-import { _i18n } from "../../i18n";
-import { Button } from "../button";
-import { DropFileInput, Input, InputValidator, InputValidators, SearchInput } from "../input";
-import { Icon } from "../icon";
-import { SubTitle } from "../layout/sub-title";
-import { PageLayout } from "../layout/page-layout";
-import logger from "../../../main/logger";
-import { extensionLoader } from "../../../extensions/extension-loader";
-import { extensionDiscovery, manifestFilename } from "../../../extensions/extension-discovery";
-import { LensExtensionManifest, sanitizeExtensionName } from "../../../extensions/lens-extension";
-import { Notifications } from "../notifications";
+import os from "os";
+import path from "path";
+import React from "react";
 import { downloadFile, extractTar, listTarEntries, readFileFromTar } from "../../../common/utils";
 import { docsUrl } from "../../../common/vars";
+import { extensionDiscovery, InstalledExtension, manifestFilename } from "../../../extensions/extension-discovery";
+import { extensionLoader } from "../../../extensions/extension-loader";
+import { extensionDisplayName, LensExtensionManifest, sanitizeExtensionName } from "../../../extensions/lens-extension";
+import logger from "../../../main/logger";
+import { _i18n } from "../../i18n";
 import { prevDefault } from "../../utils";
+import { Button } from "../button";
+import { Icon } from "../icon";
+import { DropFileInput, Input, InputValidator, InputValidators, SearchInput } from "../input";
+import { PageLayout } from "../layout/page-layout";
+import { SubTitle } from "../layout/sub-title";
+import { Notifications } from "../notifications";
 import { TooltipPosition } from "../tooltip";
+import "./extensions.scss";
 
 interface InstallRequest {
   fileName: string;
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
       else if (InputValidators.isPath.validate(installPath)) {
         this.requestInstall({ fileName, filePath: installPath });
       }
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch (error) {
       Notifications.error(
-        <p>Installation has failed: <b>{String(err)}</b></p>
+        <p>Installation has failed: <b>{String(error)}</b></p>
       );
     }
   };
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
 
   async preloadExtensions(requests: InstallRequest[], { showError = true } = {}) {
     const preloadedRequests = requests.filter(req => req.data);
+
     await Promise.all(
       requests
         .filter(req => !req.data && req.filePath)
@@ -138,13 +139,14 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
           return fse.readFile(req.filePath).then(data => {
             req.data = data;
             preloadedRequests.push(req);
-          }).catch(err => {
+          }).catch(error => {
             if (showError) {
-              Notifications.error(`Error while reading "${req.filePath}": ${String(err)}`);
+              Notifications.error(`Error while reading "${req.filePath}": ${String(error)}`);
             }
           });
         })
     );
+
     return preloadedRequests as InstallRequestPreloaded[];
   }
 
@@ -191,13 +193,13 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
             manifest,
             tempFile,
           });
-        } catch (err) {
+        } catch (error) {
           fse.unlink(tempFile).catch(() => null); // remove invalid temp package
           if (showErrors) {
             Notifications.error(
               <div className="flex column gaps">
                 <p>Installing <em>{req.fileName}</em> has failed, skipping.</p>
-                <p>Reason: <em>{String(err)}</em></p>
+                <p>Reason: <em>{String(error)}</em></p>
               </div>
             );
           }
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
   }
 
   async unpackExtension({ fileName, tempFile, manifest: { name, version } }: InstallRequestValidated) {
-    const extName = `${name}@${version}`;
+    const extName = extensionDisplayName(name, version);
     logger.info(`Unpacking extension ${extName}`, { fileName, tempFile });
     const unpackingTempFolder = path.join(path.dirname(tempFile), path.basename(tempFile) + "-unpacked");
     const extensionFolder = this.getExtensionDestFolder(name);
@@ -264,9 +266,9 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
       Notifications.ok(
         <p>Extension <b>{extName}</b> successfully installed!</p>
       );
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch (error) {
       Notifications.error(
-        <p>Installing extension <b>{extName}</b> has failed: <em>{err}</em></p>
+        <p>Installing extension <b>{extName}</b> has failed: <em>{error}</em></p>
       );
     } finally {
       // clean up
@@ -275,6 +277,18 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
     }
   }
 
+  async uninstallExtension(extension: InstalledExtension) {
+    const extensionName = extensionDisplayName(extension.manifest.name, extension.manifest.version);
+
+    try {
+      await extensionDiscovery.uninstallExtension(extension.absolutePath);
+    } catch (error) {
+      Notifications.error(
+        <p>Uninstalling extension <b>{extensionName}</b> has failed: <em>{error?.message ?? ""}</em></p>
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   renderExtensions() {
     const { extensions, extensionsPath, search } = this;
 
@@ -293,6 +307,7 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
     return extensions.map(ext => {
       const { manifestPath: extId, isEnabled, manifest } = ext;
       const { name, description } = manifest;
+
       return (
         <div key={extId} className="extension flex gaps align-center">
           <div className="box grow">
@@ -303,12 +318,17 @@ export class Extensions extends React.Component {
               Description: <span className="text-secondary">{description}</span>
             </div>
           </div>
-          {!isEnabled && (
-            <Button plain active onClick={() => ext.isEnabled = true}>Enable</Button>
-          )}
-          {isEnabled && (
-            <Button accent onClick={() => ext.isEnabled = false}>Disable</Button>
-          )}
+          <div className="actions">
+            {!isEnabled && (
+              <Button plain active onClick={() => ext.isEnabled = true}>Enable</Button>
+            )}
+            {isEnabled && (
+              <Button accent onClick={() => ext.isEnabled = false}>Disable</Button>
+            )}
+            <Button plain active onClick={() => {
+              this.uninstallExtension(ext);
+            }}>Uninstall</Button>
+          </div>
         </div>
       );
     });