diff --git a/plugin/manager.go b/plugin/manager.go
index e55159bd..6b5d98b8 100644
--- a/plugin/manager.go
+++ b/plugin/manager.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io/fs"
+	"os"
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/dir"
@@ -82,3 +83,16 @@ func (m *CLIManager) List(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 	})
 	return plugins, nil
 }
+
+// Uninstall uninstalls a plugin on the system by its name
+// If the plugin dir does not exist, os.ErrNotExist is returned.
+func (m *CLIManager) Uninstall(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
+	pluginDirPath, err := m.pluginFS.SysPath(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(pluginDirPath); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.RemoveAll(pluginDirPath)
+}
diff --git a/plugin/manager_test.go b/plugin/manager_test.go
index 86e906d0..b3b03488 100644
--- a/plugin/manager_test.go
+++ b/plugin/manager_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io/fs"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/fstest"
@@ -87,6 +88,31 @@ func TestManager_List(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestManager_Uninstall(t *testing.T) {
+	executor = testCommander{stdout: metadataJSON(validMetadata)}
+	mgr := NewCLIManager(mockfs.NewSysFSWithRootMock(fstest.MapFS{}, "./testdata/plugins"))
+	if err := os.MkdirAll("./testdata/plugins/toUninstall", 0777); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create toUninstall dir: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll("./testdata/plugins/toUninstall")
+	pluginFile, err := os.Create("./testdata/plugins/toUninstall/toUninstall")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create toUninstall file: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := pluginFile.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to close toUninstall file: %v", err)
+	}
+	// test uninstall valid plugin
+	if err := mgr.Uninstall(context.Background(), "toUninstall"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Manager.Uninstall() err %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	// test uninstall non-exist plugin
+	expectedErrorMsg := "stat testdata/plugins/non-exist: no such file or directory"
+	if err := mgr.Uninstall(context.Background(), "non-exist"); err == nil || err.Error() != expectedErrorMsg {
+		t.Fatalf("Manager.Uninstall() err %v, want %s", err, expectedErrorMsg)
+	}
+}
+
 func metadataJSON(m proto.GetMetadataResponse) []byte {
 	d, err := json.Marshal(m)
 	if err != nil {