Questions about uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.
"Uninstall" means to remove something that you had installed on your computer.
Questions tagged [uninstall]
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How can I uninstall software?
Seeing there are various ways to install on Ubuntu. What are the various ways to uninstall items?
Which ways always work? How can I be sure something was uninstalled?
myusuf3
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What is the Difference Between `apt-get purge` and `apt-get remove`?
Is there any difference between
sudo apt-get purge
and
sudo apt-get remove
?
I often see people recommend one or the other.
In other words, what does apt-get purge remove that apt-get remove doesn't?
Seth
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How can you completely remove a package?
I am trying to do a clean install of the octave3.2 package.
To do this, I removed it, then tried to reinstall it.
When I reinstalled, an error occurred. It could be a bug in the package, but I want to make sure I have everything removed so that I…
user1012451
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If I build a package from source how can I uninstall or remove completely?
I used source code to build one package such as below:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-package-name="Myplugin" --with-package-origin="http://www.ubuntu.org/" --enable-gtk-doc…
user25165
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Uninstall a program installed with Wine
I am using Ubuntu 11.10. By using wine software i installed some software like nimbuzz and ibibo messenger. Both the programs are not working and showing the bug as We're sorry, but an unknown error has caused ibibo Messenger to close.
So I wanna…
Teja
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How to completely uninstall Java?
How can I completely remove all traces of Java on my system?
I already know how to install it in case I need it again.
CaldwellYSR
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How can I uninstall a nvidia driver completely ?
As expected, Nvidia drivers have reduced my customizations. I can't login to Unity 3D session. I can't find any content to help me to uninstall the driver and I don't know what to do as I have never uninstalled them before.
VedVals
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How do I remove Steam?
Anyone know of a way to remove Steam from Ubuntu 12.04? Looked around the net but could not find an straight forward solution. Thanks.
Hector Arzuaga Jr
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How to uninstall NetBeans?
Since I did not install NetBeans via the Software Center (I installed it as an .sh file) I can't see an easy way of uninstalling the program.
How can I safely uninstall the program?
FredN
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How to completely remove virtualbox
I had installed VirtualBox but it started giving me problems.
So I uninstalled it using:-
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-\*
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-\*
But when I reinstalled VirtualBox it again resumed to previous settings and started giving…
Manish Sakpal
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How to remove nodejs from Ubuntu 16.04?
Steps to replicate:
Ubuntu 16.04 xenial (x86-64)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm
I want to uninstall nodejs and npm and have seen several posts which suggest this is the most common way:
sudo apt-get purge…
user1063287
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How to uninstall Google Chrome?
I decided to try out Google Chrome and see if it was any different from Chromium, but now I can't figure out how to uninstall it.
That's what I have installed. How to get rid of it is the question.
Icedrake
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Is it possible to undo an apt-get install command?
I installed Carpadio on my Xubuntu install (a Live USB), which then pulled like over 50 packages from, I suppose, the Ubuntu side of the repository. Now I would like to undo this. However for all my hunting, I can't find anything more useful than…
Karthik T
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Removing Firefox in Ubuntu with all add-ons like it never existed
I have been using Firefox for a long time in Ubuntu, I downloaded some add-ons but it made firefox extremely slow, even if I remove them nothing will change.
I tried to remove Firefox also, but re-installing it will somehow recover the same Firefox…
Hossein
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How do I uninstall Visual Studio Code?
I installed Visual Studio Code a while ago, and I'm now trying to remove it. I don't remember how I installed it, but everything I've tried to remove it doesn't work. Things I've tried:
sudo umake web visual-studio-code --remove: This says "can't…
JacobTheDev
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