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When I log into Ubuntu I have two options in the gear window:

  • Gnome on Xorg
  • Ubuntu

It looks like the "Ubuntu" option is the "Unity Desktop Environment"

How can I uninstall it and remove this option from my drop down?

I followed the directions here but it is still listed as an option in the drop down.

In my terminal sudo apt-get remove unity returns Package 'unity' is not installed, so not removed

and sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop returns Package 'ubuntu-desktop' is not installed, so not removed

However, Unity is still an option at login and it still loads the Unity desktop.

Very frustrating!

Startec
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As I explained here, for many display managers (including GDM) the desktop environment choices are stored as .desktop files in /usr/share/xsessions (X.org) and /usr/share/wayland-sessions (Wayland). Remove the corresponding .desktop file and the desktop environment won't show up in the greeter.

danzel
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