diff --git a/scripts/uninstall.ps1 b/scripts/uninstall.ps1
index 782cc39290..5dc4052db9 100644
--- a/scripts/uninstall.ps1
+++ b/scripts/uninstall.ps1
@@ -377,7 +377,16 @@ function Uninstall-UnslothStudio {
             # ~/.local/bin/unsloth -> <venv>/bin/unsloth. rm -rf of ~/.unsloth
             # above deletes its target but leaves the symlink dangling, so the
             # `unsloth` command still resolves on PATH after an uninstall.
-            $_clean = 'rm -rf /root/.unsloth /home/*/.unsloth /root/llama-cuda /root/provision_llama_cuda.sh /root/llama_cuda_build.log 2>/dev/null; rm -f /root/.local/bin/unsloth /home/*/.local/bin/unsloth 2>/dev/null; fuser -k 8888/tcp 2>/dev/null; pkill -9 -f unsloth_studio 2>/dev/null; pkill -9 -f llama-server 2>/dev/null; true'
+            # The pkill patterns use the [x]-regex self-exclusion trick: this very
+            # `bash -lc <cmd>` shell's own argv contains the literal pattern text, so a
+            # plain `pkill -f unsloth_studio` would match (and SIGKILL) the shell itself
+            # before the next command runs -- which is why rm goes first AND why the second
+            # pkill (llama-server, a dynamic port not covered by `fuser -k 8888`) never
+            # fired. Writing the pattern as '[u]nsloth_studio' means the shell's argv holds
+            # "[u]nsloth_studio" (no literal "unsloth_studio" substring) so it no longer
+            # self-matches, while real target processes (cmdline contains "unsloth_studio")
+            # still match. Same for '[l]lama-server'.
+            $_clean = 'rm -rf /root/.unsloth /home/*/.unsloth /root/llama-cuda /root/provision_llama_cuda.sh /root/llama_cuda_build.log 2>/dev/null; rm -f /root/.local/bin/unsloth /home/*/.local/bin/unsloth 2>/dev/null; fuser -k 8888/tcp 2>/dev/null; pkill -9 -f ''[u]nsloth_studio'' 2>/dev/null; pkill -9 -f ''[l]lama-server'' 2>/dev/null; true'
             $_cands = @('', 'Ubuntu', 'Ubuntu-24.04', 'Ubuntu-22.04', 'Debian')
             if ($env:UNSLOTH_WSL_DISTRO) { $_cands = @($env:UNSLOTH_WSL_DISTRO) + $_cands }
             $_done = @{}