How to remove everything MATE related?

Question

I recently installed MATE desktop on ubuntu 16.04 and later decided to uninstall it. I did so using the commandsudo apt-get remove mate-desktop.

It was uninstalled and was no longer available on the login screen as an option. But i think that not everything related to MATE was removed. I know this because i still have MATE-terminal in my applications list. I could, of course, just uninstall it but then what about other hidden items that are not so obvious. I prefer not having them at all.

I tried running the commands suggested here, but it doesn't solve the problem.

Try sudo apt autoremove --purge mate-desktop && sudo aptitude purge ~c — QwertyChouskie, Jun 27 '16 at 01:01
@user4901968 I ran this command and it removed 23 items amounting to ~37MB. Still, the MATE-Terminal remains. — S K, Jun 27 '16 at 20:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '16 at 00:52

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Go through this list and remove everything you don't want: http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/ubuntu-mate-desktop

answered Jun 27 '16 at 00:52

Alcuin Arundel

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Thanks for the answer. Initially i tried removing each package i had comparing it with the list from the page. Later i used the short command to remove MATE from http://askubuntu.com/questions/147858/how-to-remove-desktop-environments. This solved all my problems. – S K Jun 29 '16 at 15:51

How to remove everything MATE related?

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