How to uninstall Amazon app in 17.10, 18.04?

Question

I do not particularly appreciate the Amazon logo reminding me to consume every time I open the app overview in Ubuntu 17.10 and later?

Since previous questions have been related to the Amazon launcher of the 17.10-irrelevant Unity-specific unity-webapps-common package, the answers are no longer applicable.

How may I in uninstall the app Ubuntu 17.10 running GNOME Shell?

Those qeustions refer to Unity-based versions of Ubuntu and the answers do not work except to hide the launcher. I would like it properly gone. — Rasmus, Oct 28 '17 at 13:16

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 10 '17 at 21:10

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sudo apt purge ubuntu-web-launchers

does the trick.

edited Nov 10 '17 at 21:10

pomsky

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answered Oct 28 '17 at 13:01

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pomsky · Answer 2 · 2017-10-28T12:07:30.137

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If you're bothered by its presence in app overview, you can simply go to usr/share/applications and remove the corresponding .desktop file (ubuntu-amazon-default.desktop) or add an extra NoDisplay=true line inside the .desktop file.

edited Oct 28 '17 at 12:07

answered Oct 28 '17 at 09:55

pomsky

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How to uninstall Amazon app in 17.10, 18.04?

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