Remove Zsh from Ubuntu 16.04

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I installed zsh, but I realized I miss the basic/default terminal look. How can I get back to the default shell?

someone recommended me this shell, but didn't like it. Thanks — Stefan, Sep 21, 2017 at 17:09
Yes, you need to configure it for sure. I use these 2 files bodhizazen.com/Tutorials/zshrc and bodhizazen.com/Tutorials/envrc (save them as ~/.zshrc and ~/.envrc ) — Panther, Sep 21, 2017 at 17:11

αғsнιη · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-04 14:46:36Z

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You can remove it completely with the following command.

sudo apt-get --purge remove zsh

If zsh was your default shell (see How to check which shell am I using? and What is default shell for terminal?), Do Not forget to change it to any other shell before purging, e.g. to bash like this with root access.

chsh -s /bin/bash YOUR_USERNAME

Or below with your login user.

chsh -s /bin/bash

answered Sep 21, 2017 at 16:53

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FYI, I've had to logout/login for the chsh change to be visible
– Arnaud P
Oct 23, 2018 at 14:49
Would add a comment to arshin's answer but I cant: sudo apt-get --purge remove zsh zsh-* Do not forget about removing zsh-*! if you changed folders like /usr/share/zsh then reinstalling zsh without reinstalling zsh-commons will end up with a broken installation!
– Lucas Alonso
Jan 21, 2019 at 22:11
@ArnaudP Thank you from my heart, I've wasted lots of time and I couldn't know what was I missing, I thought of restarting the PC but I totally ignored this out of laziness, thank you
– Ahmed I. Elsayed
Sep 13, 2020 at 19:19
If you like me purge zsh without set other default shell, you need to copy content from .bashrc.save to .bashrc with some editor
– Jonatas Eduardo
Dec 5, 2020 at 20:50

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