diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8f2d07d..1d387f0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ On other environments, you can copy and paste these commands to your terminal. C
     cd ..
     rm -rf fonts
 
+Uninstall
+---------
+
+Run ``./uninstall.sh`` to uninstall all Powerline Fonts. You can also copy
+the quick installation commands changing only the line ``./install.sh`` to
+``./uninstall.sh``.
+
+In both cases, please make sure you are working with the exact same version
+of Powerline fonts you had checked out while installing.
 
 Font Families
 -------------
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a46244c..673b8cf 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Set source and target directories
-powerline_fonts_dir=$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )
+powerline_fonts_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
 
 # if an argument is given it is used to select which fonts to install
 prefix="$1"
 
-find_command="find \"$powerline_fonts_dir\" \( -name '$prefix*.[o,t]tf' -or -name '$prefix*.pcf.gz' \) -type f -print0"
-
-if [[ `uname` == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+if test "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ; then
   # MacOS
   font_dir="$HOME/Library/Fonts"
 else
@@ -19,12 +17,12 @@ fi
 
 # Copy all fonts to user fonts directory
 echo "Copying fonts..."
-eval $find_command | xargs -0 -n1 -I % cp "%" "$font_dir/"
+find "$powerline_fonts_dir" \( -name "$prefix*.[ot]tf" -or -name "$prefix*.pcf.gz" \) -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 -I % cp "%" "$font_dir/"
 
 # Reset font cache on Linux
-if command -v fc-cache @>/dev/null ; then
+if which fc-cache >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     echo "Resetting font cache, this may take a moment..."
-    fc-cache -f $font_dir
+    fc-cache -f "$font_dir"
 fi
 
 echo "Powerline fonts installed to $font_dir"
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0b0b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set source and target directories
+powerline_fonts_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
+
+# if an argument is given it is used to select which fonts to uninstall
+prefix="$1"
+
+if test "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ; then
+  # MacOS
+  font_dir="$HOME/Library/Fonts"
+else
+  # Linux
+  font_dir="$HOME/.local/share/fonts"
+  if test ! -d "$font_dir" ; then
+    echo "It seems there are no powerline fonts installed on your system. Uninstall not needed."
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Remove all fonts from user fonts directory
+echo "Removing fonts..."
+find "$powerline_fonts_dir" \( -name "$prefix*.[ot]tf" -or -name "$prefix*.pcf.gz" \) -type f -print0 | xargs -n1 -0 -I % sh -c "rm -f \"\$0/\${1##*/}\"" "$font_dir" %
+
+# Reset font cache on Linux
+if which fc-cache >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    echo "Resetting font cache, this may take a moment..."
+    fc-cache -f "$font_dir"
+fi
+
+echo "Powerline fonts uninstalled from $font_dir"