Monday, 14 May 2012

Uninstall Firefox in ubuntu

We can uninstall firefox in ubuntu two ways.

1 .Synaptic Package Manager

         just Go System-->Administration-->Synaptic Package Manager


It shows how many packages installed in ubuntu.


In that menu search firefox use of QuickFilter .Then select that  application right click select mark for completly removal then click apply.That's it application removed.

or you can Go ubuntu software center in application menu and search firefox then select that application and click uninstall.But its not working fine.

2.Terminal

      You can remove firefox via terminal using these following command.
                   "sudo apt-get purge firefox"
      Delete .mozilla/firefox/ , macromedia,adobe into your home directory.these can contain "Flash Cookies" stored by the browser.Finally delete add ons in etc folder.
          "rm -rf /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/  /home/<user>/.adobe/  /home/<user>/.macromedia/ /etc/firefox/ /usr/lib/firefox/  /usr/lib/firefox-addons/"



 



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