Can't update and don't know how to manually uninstall

[dbzlatan]

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Make sure you are using the latest version: run youtube-dl --version and ensure your version is 2018.04.16. If it's not, read this FAQ entry and update. Issues with outdated version will be rejected.

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2018.04.16

It won't update.

youtube-dl --version
2018.01.27
youtube-dl --update
ERROR: can't find the current version. Please try again later.

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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'-v', u'--update']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.01.27
[debug] Python version 2.7.10 (CPython) - Darwin-15.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/update.py", line 45, in update_self
    newversion = opener.open(VERSION_URL).read().decode('utf-8').strip()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 431, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 449, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/utils.py", line 1089, in https_open
    req, **kwargs)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1197, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION] tlsv1 alert protocol version (_ssl.c:590)>

ERROR: can't find the current version. Please try again later.

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I installed it manually according to your website instructions. It was either curl or wget, can't remember. Update hasn't worked for a while. If it can't be updated, how do I uninstall it? I can't find any instructions on manual uninstall?

[dstftw]

Update python.

[dbzlatan]

I just updated and it's still the same.