Removing Packages on Ubuntu/Debian¶

Removing DEB Packages¶

Remove or purge a package:

To remove the package (but keep config files):

sudo apt remove package_name

To purge the package (remove everything, including config files):

sudo apt purge package_name

Clean up unnecessary dependencies:

sudo apt autoremove

Removing Snap Packages¶

To remove the Snap package

sudo snap remove package_name

To remove and purge all traces

sudo snap remove --purge package_name

Finding and Removing Residual Files¶

Search for remaining configuration files:

sudo find / -type d -iname '*package_name*' 2>/dev/null

Manually delete found directories (use with caution):

sudo rm -rf /path/to/directory