How do you uninstall OS X Yosemite?

I have recently installed the new OS X Yosemite. It's nice, however, I miss my mavericks system. How do I uninstall OS X Yosemite and back to Mavericks? I have a macbook pro w/ retina, and I think I have the OS X Yosemite 10.10 because it is asking me to update to 10.10.1.

Presently,  you cannot reinstall Mavericks because Apple does not permit it. What you can do is reinstall Mavericks provided you have retained a backup of your Mavericks system that you can restore or you saved the Mavericks installer when you first upgraded to Mavericks. Otherwise, you can reinstall the system that came pre-installed on your computer when it was new:
Install OS X Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

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