In this tips i will explain you how to remove software in linux using CMD (Command line). Follow simple steps.

Step 1. Open terminal from menu or press ctrl+alt+t.

Step 2. Enter command to get list of installed software.

dpkg --list

Unistall software in ubuntu linux using cmd

Step 3. Now run command to remove software

sudo apt-get --purge remove your_application_name

when you run this command you need to login as root user so enter your password when prompt.

Unistall software in linux using cmd

Step 4. Now you need to run autoremove command to remove dependencies if any.

sudo apt-get autoremove

If you’re short on space, you can use the “clean” command to remove downloaded archive files

sudo apt-get clean

Done 🙂