diff --git a/src/geant4_python_application/__init__.py b/src/geant4_python_application/__init__.py
index 57b3c25..57d835a 100644
--- a/src/geant4_python_application/__init__.py
+++ b/src/geant4_python_application/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 def _setup_manager(self, *args, **kwargs):
-    install_datasets()
+    install_datasets(show_progress=False)
     return self._setup_manager(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/src/geant4_python_application/datasets.py b/src/geant4_python_application/datasets.py
index e2f3ada..30cf7a2 100644
--- a/src/geant4_python_application/datasets.py
+++ b/src/geant4_python_application/datasets.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 import hashlib
 import os
+import shutil
 import tarfile
 import tempfile
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@
 )
 
 
-def _download_extract_dataset(dataset: Dataset, progress_bar_position: int = 0):
+def _download_extract_dataset(
+    dataset: Dataset, progress_bar_position: int = 0, show_progress: bool = True
+):
     filename = dataset.filename
     urlpath = f"{url}/{filename}.{dataset.version}.tar.gz"
     r = requests.get(urlpath, stream=True)
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ def _download_extract_dataset(dataset: Dataset, progress_bar_position: int = 0):
         unit_scale=True,
         desc=f"Downloading and Extracting {filename}",
         position=progress_bar_position,
+        disable=not show_progress,
     ) as pbar:
         for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=chunk_size):
             f.write(chunk)
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ def _download_extract_dataset(dataset: Dataset, progress_bar_position: int = 0):
             pbar.update(total_size)
 
 
-def install_datasets(force: bool = False):
+def install_datasets(force: bool = False, show_progress: bool = True):
     os.makedirs(data_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
     os.environ["GEANT4_DATA_DIR"] = data_dir
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ def install_datasets(force: bool = False):
         max_workers=len(datasets_to_download)
     ) as executor:
         futures = [
-            executor.submit(_download_extract_dataset, dataset, i)
+            executor.submit(_download_extract_dataset, dataset, i, show_progress)
             for i, dataset in enumerate(datasets_to_download)
         ]
         concurrent.futures.wait(futures)
@@ -156,3 +160,14 @@ def install_datasets(force: bool = False):
 
 def reinstall_datasets():
     install_datasets(force=True)
+
+
+def uninstall_datasets():
+    dir_to_remove = os.path.dirname(data_dir)
+    package_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+    if not os.path.relpath(package_dir, dir_to_remove).startswith(".."):
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"Refusing to remove {dir_to_remove} because it is not a subdirectory of {package_dir}"
+        )
+    shutil.rmtree(dir_to_remove, ignore_errors=True)