Remove Snap from Ubuntu
Remove snapd from Ubuntu
Launch terminal.
List installed snap packages.
$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
chromium 85.0.4183.102 1298 latest/stable canonical✓ -
core18 20200724 1885 latest/stable canonical✓ base
gnome-3-28-1804 3.28.0-17-gde3d74c.de3d74c 128 latest/stable canonical✓ -
gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.3009fc7 36 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
gtk-common-themes 0.1-36-gc75f853 1506 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snap-store 3.36.0-80-g208fd61 467 latest/stable/… canonical✓ -
snapd 2.45.3.1 8790 latest/stable canonical✓ snapd
3. Remove installed snap packages (optional).
$ sudo snap remove chromium snap-store
[sudo] password for user:
2020-09-11T17:31:08+08:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress...
chromium removed
snap-store removed
4. Stop snapd service.
$ sudo systemctl stop snapd
Warning: Stopping snapd.service, but it can still be activated by:
snapd.socket
5. Remove snapd packages.
$ sudo apt remove --purge --assume-yes snapd gnome-software-plugin-snap
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'gnome-software-plugin-snap' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
snapd*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 120 MB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 185414 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing snapd (2.45.1+20.04.2)
6. Remove user snap directory.
$ rm -rf ~/snap/
7. Remove cache directory for snapd.
$ sudo rm -rf /var/cache/snapd/
Guide compatibility:
Operating System
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus)
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo)
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