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How can I remove the wine folder and all the applications in that folder?

I've tried via synaptic but it keeps showing up in the application menu.

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In my case Wine did not get effectively uninstalled using the command:

sudo apt-get --purge remove wine

So I did the following (make sure to copy the exact commands):

rm -r "$HOME/.wine"
rm  $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -r "$HOME/.local/share/applications/wine"
rm $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*
rm $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm

These commands delete files stored in hard disk that may lock uninstallation of wine. Quite possibly you will get some warnings about rm: remove write-protected regular file here. These can be enforced collectively by using the f option, i.e. rm -f and rm -rf instead of the above... but be the heck careful that you've actually typed the right paths!

After deleting the files run command:

sudo apt-get remove --purge wine

Do the following to correct any installation error.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
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NOTE: there are no spaces in the rm -rf lines. Accidentally adding one could nuke your home folder without prompt. – user1717828 Jun 23 '16 at 13:15
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This is terribly dangerous and mostly unnecessary., – Braiam Jun 23 '16 at 15:53
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@user1717828 Adding cd $HOME and running all the commands with relative paths may avoid another accident. – Ismael Miguel Jun 24 '16 at 13:10
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pagal pila, the suggestion of @IsmaelMiguel is sound: please consider cd $HOME; and then the rms with relative paths. – Rmano Jun 28 '16 at 19:22
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Run these to get rid of menu entries instead of (or in addition to) using "Edit Menus".

rm $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -r $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
rm $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*
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This was the right solution for me, thanks! – mydoghasworms Dec 15 '11 at 7:05
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In 11.04 and below (GNOME Classic)

When you install wine, it creates a "wine" menu in your applications menu, and this menu is partly user specific. To remove the menu entries, right click on your menu and click edit menus.

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Now open the menu editor and disable or remove the wine related entries. You can also remove the /home/username/.wine folder be either enabling hidden files in nautilus, or by opening a terminal and typing rm -rf ~/.wine.

11.04 and up (Unity Desktop).

You need to open the menu editor from the Dash by press alt+f2 and type alacarte. Click on the icon, and the menu editor will come up.

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I don't think it's wise to include the -f (force) option in the rm command. rm -r ~/.wine is much safer than an answer of "yes" on all warnings, because you can't be sure that "yes" will always be the best thing to do. – Firefeather Nov 30 '10 at 16:33
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in this case it would be safe, he's just removing his wine folder. – RolandiXor♦ Nov 30 '10 at 16:50
    
Before proceeding with this sort of command, make sure everything is alright. For any mistake, you can delete all fo your data – user Apr 17 '11 at 2:32
    
@cruciiedsoul: thanks for the unnecessary warnings on every answer of mine that you can fin. it's rather useless, but thanks anyway. – RolandiXor♦ Apr 17 '11 at 12:50
    
@Firefeather: The answer below points to wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#uninstall_app which also does rm -rf. Personally I do that everywhere where I know I can safely delete an entire directory and subdirectories. But that is deviating from this question, I guess :-) – mydoghasworms Dec 15 '11 at 5:46
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First answer is the easy form to get this, but it's incomplete, the complete code is:

If you've installed wine from the official Ubuntu repositories:

sudo apt-get remove wine --purge

If you've installed wine from their official PPA:

sudo apt-get remove wine-1.3 --purge

Next, clean the context menu, menu entries, etc:

rm -rf $HOME/.wine
rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/*wine*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/*wine*
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/*wine*

It needs to reboot the system:

sudo reboot
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The command rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm is a bad idea, it removes ALL icons which do not have to be wine ones. – Lekensteyn Dec 15 '11 at 18:26
    
Thanks for the correction Lekensteyn, is needed to delete manualy the icons ins this format "????_" to match with "wine". Sorry for my bad english, i learning it. – edgerch Dec 15 '11 at 18:49
    
? matches a single character. If you want to match wine, just use rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/wine_*.xpm. But the latter command already matches any filename with "wine" in it, so it's obsolete. – Lekensteyn Dec 15 '11 at 19:00
    
You don't need to reboot the system silly, you can simply do sudo apt-get update. – TheCodingKlam Aug 18 '16 at 3:05
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Using some menu editors can cause trouble, as it hides rather than deletes the menu items - and they stay hidden if you reinstall the apps!

See http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#uninstall_app for tips on how to uninstall wine and/or all wine apps.

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If apt-get --purge autoremove wine does not do it, maybe your package goes otherwise, like wine1.6-dev. Try that that one.

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I tried the sudo apt-get remove --purge wine . After this I had to give sudo apt-get autoremove In my case it solved the problem. Also have a look at this to remove all the ms core fonts.

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Go to software manager. You will still find wine related packages installed. Remove them. This really works to remove wine from the menu.

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I've had a similar problem but after doing

apt-get autoremove wine

it worked

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