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I've used this command to uninstall the Vivaldi browser:

sudo apt-get --purge remove vivaldi

but it simply doesn't work, and issues a notification like this:

Reading package lists ... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information ... Done

E: Unable to locate package vivaldi

So how to uninstall Vivaldi browser?

BeastOfCaerbannog
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gdAdithya
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If you used the repository to install it, the package name is vivaldi-stable, not vivaldi, hence you need to run the command:

sudo apt-get --purge remove vivaldi-stable

If you installed the .deb package directly, follow the instructions on their site:

  1. While using Vivaldi, open Vivaldi logo Vivaldi menu > Help > About. Or type vivaldi://about to the address field.
  2. Make a note of the Profile Path, minus Default.
  3. Open Files and search for the Vivaldi folder following the path you noted above.
  4. Quit Vivaldi.
  5. Delete the entire Vivaldi folder.
BeastOfCaerbannog
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Bruni
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In addition to removing the package in other answers...

If you want to clear all Vivaldi state this is the best I have found:

rm -i -rv ~/.cache/vivaldi ~/.local/lib/vivaldi ~/.config/vivaldi

Shown command prompts for every file, remove the -i to delete everything without prompts.

Kevin Cox
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