Uninstall Google Desktop in Ubuntu

Well, I’m bored of Google Desktop already since I upgraded to Hardy. The new Tracker in hardy is better integrated into the system. I got the instruction from Google Desktop Help Center.

To uninstall Google Desktop:

  1. Open Terminal: Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
  2. Enter:

    3. sudo dpkg -r google-desktop-linux

  3. Type in your password and hit Enter. You have uninstalled Google Desktop.

I am still trying to install Google Gadget. Check it out if you are interested. Pretty messy though.

4 Comments

  1. Thanks

    im new to linux
    very different from windows

  2. Thanks a lot ;)

  3. keep getting uninstall errors;
    dpkg – warning: while removing google-desktop-linux, directory `/var/cache/google/desktop’ not empty so not removed.
    dpkg – warning: while removing google-desktop-linux, directory `/var/cache/google’ not empty so not removed.

    what gives?

    • Hi John,

      Not sure what’s going there. It has been a while. What I would have done is go to the directories there, and delete the files manually. These seems to be just cache files, not too important. Linux prevent you from deleting them so the other programs can still use the cache if needed. You should check out the google forum. I have the link on my post.


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