How to uninstall TensorFlow completely?

Question

I accidentally installed TensorFlow for Ubuntu/Linux 64-bit, GPU enabled. When I installed with Linux 64-bit CPU only, I am getting Segmentation fault while importing tensorflow from python console.

Did you try first importing numpy and then importing tensorflow? — Martin Thoma, May 13 '16 at 21:10

score 18 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 01:51

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Depends on how you install it considering the fact that there are multiple ways to do it here. Most generic way people do it is through pip, check using:

sudo pip show tensorflow

Uninstall using:

sudo pip uninstall protobuf
sudo pip uninstall tensorflow

Install it using:

sudo pip install --upgrade https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-0.8.0-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl

answered Apr 28 '16 at 01:51

PseudoAj

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You shall not sudo pip. – runDOSrun May 27 '16 at 12:57
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@runDOSrun why not? – Charlie Parker Jan 14 '17 at 00:22
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why do you need protobuf to uninstall tensorflow? – Charlie Parker Jan 14 '17 at 00:23
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Why protobuf??? – SmallChess Jan 13 '18 at 04:01
@PseudoAj Why ?? – SmallChess Jan 13 '18 at 04:01
@CharlieParker because of this but in this particularly case might be fine. – Pablo Bianchi Mar 24 '18 at 03:28
How to do without sudo. I do not have sudo access – Trect Nov 26 '18 at 18:09
@PseudoAj everyone is waiting for your reply – Trect Nov 26 '18 at 18:15
@DheerajMPai @runDOSrun Since this was my local machine, I was using sudo to install tensorflow systemwide. So to remove it I was using sudo as well. Now, if you didn't use sudo to install it you need not use it. – PseudoAj Nov 26 '18 at 20:08
@SmallChess simply to make sure dependency and cache are removed` – PseudoAj Nov 26 '18 at 20:11

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '18 at 18:12

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When running in conda env or any virtual env sudo doesn't work. So you can use:

python3 -m pip uninstall protobuf    
python3 -m pip uninstall tensorflow-gpu

python3 -m is safest way to ensure that you are using pip3 and not pip2.

answered Nov 26 '18 at 18:12

Trect

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How to uninstall TensorFlow completely?

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