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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.

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  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T - open a terminal
  2. Type sudo apt-get remove steam and hit ↵ Enter.
  3. Type sudo apt-get purge steam and hit ↵ Enter.
  4. Type rm -rf ~/.local/share/Steam && rm -rf ~/.steam and hit ↵ Enter.
  5. Exit the Terminal window.
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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
  • Please consider deleting also the directories /lib/steam/, the steam* files in /usr/bin/, and the related repos (steam*) in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ – PavoDive Nov 18 '23 at 02:25
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My solution:

  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.
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