linux uninstall python code example

Example 1: ubuntu remove python 2.7

# Remove python2
sudo apt purge -y python2.7-minimal

# You already have Python3 but 
# don't care about the version 
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

# Same for pip
sudo apt install -y python3-pip
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip

# Confirm the new version of Python: 3
python --version

Example 2: how to uninstall python2.7 from ubuntu 18.04

sudo apt autoremove python

Example 3: linux uninstall python

sudo apt autoremove python3

Example 4: pip remove

# python2
pip uninstall package_name
# python3
pip3 uninstall package_name

Example 5: how to uninstall python

1. Navigate to Control Panel.
2. Click “Uninstall a program”, and a list of all the currently installed programs will display.
3. Select the Python version that you want to uninstall, then click the “Uninstall” button above the list – this has to be done for every Python version installed on the system.