How do I completely remove Steam or .deb file?

Question

I would like to know how to uninstall Steam. I looked everywhere but I cannot find any answers. I think it is worth mentioning that I installed it from a website and not the Software Store.

If you installed directly from the Ubuntu repositories or from the .deb file you can uninstall it with the Ubuntu Software tool. — ChanganAuto, Jul 27 '21 at 13:06
So, you downloaded a .deb file from a website. How did you install it? — Organic Marble, Jul 27 '21 at 14:00
I clicked on it and it opened up the launcher. This problem is fixed now. I did not remember so I did the process again. There was a remove button. Thanks. — Isaac Singh, Jul 27 '21 at 14:10
@IsaacSingh please consider adding a proper answer below so other folks with the same question can benefit from your discovery. — user535733, Jul 27 '21 at 16:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 27 '21 at 13:12

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Press Ctrl+Alt+T - open a terminal
Type sudo apt-get remove steam and hit ↵ Enter.
Type sudo apt-get purge steam and hit ↵ Enter.
Type rm -rf ~/.local/share/Steam && rm -rf ~/.steam and hit ↵ Enter.
Exit the Terminal window.

answered Jul 27 '21 at 13:12

shashI

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Sorry, I have tried and it does not work. It says Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'steam:i386' is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 135 not upgraded. – Isaac Singh Jul 27 '21 at 13:17
I am sure that usually works and I do have it installed. – Isaac Singh Jul 27 '21 at 13:18
check this out => [(https://askubuntu.com/questions/675636/0-upgraded-0-newly-installed-0-to-remove-and-1-not-upgraded)] – shashI Jul 27 '21 at 13:27
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'steam:i386' is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. – Isaac Singh Jul 27 '21 at 13:42
On the desktop it now has Steam on it. It is not uninstalled. – Isaac Singh Jul 27 '21 at 13:42
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Try fixing the `135 not upgraded` first. – Organic Marble Jul 27 '21 at 14:00
Delete the folders **~/.steam** and **~/.local/share/Steam**. – shashI Jul 27 '21 at 14:03
That is what I did. Well, the Steam folder that used to be there disappeared but the other I deleted. – Isaac Singh Jul 27 '21 at 14:06
Try this command `sudo apt-cache policy steam` & what it say? – shashI Jul 27 '21 at 14:09
Thanks for all the help. The problem got solved. Thanks for helping me upgrade everything too. – Isaac Singh Jul 27 '21 at 14:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '21 at 17:01

Answer: 1. Find the .deb file that you used to install the program. 2. Open it and it should open an install launcher. 3. There will be a red button that says remove. Click it and the program will be uninstalled.

How do I completely remove Steam or .deb file?

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