diff --git a/src/commands/uninstall.ts b/src/commands/uninstall.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..306129a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/uninstall.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
+import * as fsp from "fs/promises";
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as os from "os";
+
+export const run = async (cacheDir: string) => {
+  if (cacheDir[0] === "~") {
+    cacheDir = path.join(os.homedir(), cacheDir.slice(1));
+  }
+  const bin = path.join(cacheDir, "nextls");
+  await fsp
+    .rm(bin)
+    .then(
+      async () =>
+        await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+          `Uninstalled Next LS from ${bin}`
+        )
+    )
+    .catch(
+      async (error) =>
+        await vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
+          `Failed to uninstall Next LS from ${bin} due to ${error}`
+        )
+    );
+};
+
+const registerUninstallCommand = (
+  config: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration,
+  context: vscode.ExtensionContext
+) => {
+  const uninstallCommand = "elixir-tools.uninstall-nextls";
+
+  const uninstall = async () =>
+    run(<string>config.get("installationDirectory"));
+
+  context.subscriptions.push(
+    vscode.commands.registerCommand(uninstallCommand, uninstall)
+  );
+};
+
+export default registerUninstallCommand;
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index cf5c1f5..791b71c 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import {
   StreamInfo,
 } from "vscode-languageclient/node";
 
+import registerUninstallCommand from "./commands/uninstall";
+
 let credoClient: LanguageClient;
 let nextLSClient: LanguageClient;
 
@@ -99,33 +101,7 @@ async function activateNextLS(
 ) {
   let config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("elixir-tools.nextLS");
 
-  const command = "elixir-tools.uninstall-nextls";
-
-  const uninstallNextLS = async () => {
-    let cacheDir: string = config.get("installationDirectory")!;
-    if (cacheDir[0] === "~") {
-      cacheDir = path.join(os.homedir(), cacheDir.slice(1));
-    }
-    const bin = path.join(cacheDir, "nextls");
-    await fsp
-      .rm(bin)
-      .then(
-        async () =>
-          await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
-            `Uninstalled Next LS from ${bin}`
-          )
-      )
-      .catch(
-        async () =>
-          await vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
-            `Failed to uninstall Next LS from ${bin}`
-          )
-      );
-  };
-
-  context.subscriptions.push(
-    vscode.commands.registerCommand(command, uninstallNextLS)
-  );
+  registerUninstallCommand(config, context);
 
   if (config.get("enable")) {
     let serverOptions: ServerOptions;
diff --git a/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts b/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts
index 9f265f9..b5910de 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/suite/extension.test.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ import * as path from "path";
 // as well as import your extension to test it
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import * as myExtension from "../../extension.js";
+import * as uninstall from "../../commands/uninstall.js";
 import * as sinon from "sinon";
 
 suite("Extension Test Suite", () => {
   vscode.window.showInformationMessage("Start all tests.");
+  let showInformationMessage;
 
   setup(function () {
     fs.rmSync("./test-bin", { recursive: true, force: true });
-    sinon.stub(vscode.window, "showInformationMessage").returns(
-      new Promise((resolve) => {
-        return resolve({ title: "Yes" });
-      })
-    );
+    showInformationMessage = sinon
+      .stub(vscode.window, "showInformationMessage")
+      .returns(
+        new Promise((resolve) => {
+          return resolve({ title: "Yes" });
+        })
+      );
   });
 
   teardown(function () {
@@ -30,4 +34,16 @@ suite("Extension Test Suite", () => {
     let result = await myExtension.ensureNextLSDownloaded("test-bin");
     assert.equal(path.normalize(result), path.normalize("test-bin/nextls"));
   });
+
+  test("uninstalls Next LS", async function () {
+    fs.mkdirSync("./test-bin", { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync("./test-bin/nextls", "hello word");
+
+    await uninstall.run("./test-bin");
+
+    assert.equal(
+      showInformationMessage.getCall(0).args[0],
+      `Uninstalled Next LS from ${path.normalize("test-bin/nextls")}`
+    );
+  });
 });