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  <info>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
    </credit>
    <desc>
      Remove applications that you no longer use.
    </desc>
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    <link type="guide" xref="addremove" group="#first"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="addremove-install-synaptic"/>
    <revision version="18.04" date="2018-03-18" status="review"/>
  </info>

  <title>
    Remove an application
  </title>

  <p>An application is software that has a graphical user interface (GUI).
    You can use <app>App Center</app> to remove applications that you 
    no longer use.</p>

   <p>Applications are available in two formats: snap packages and Debian packages. 
   An application available as a snap package is from now on referred to as a <em>snap</em>.
   Some applications are available in both formats. In such a case in
   <app>App Center</app> the snap will be listed first.</p> 

   <p>You may also wish to remove software that does not have a GUI.
    To remove such software, you can use
    <link xref="addremove-install-synaptic">Synaptic</link>. Note that <app>Synaptic</app> does not list snaps.
  </p>

  <p>To remove an application:</p>
    
  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        Click the <app>App Center</app> icon in the <gui>Dock</gui>, or search
        for <input>Software</input> in the <em>Activities</em> search bar.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        When <app>App Center</app> opens, click the <gui>Installed</gui> button at 
        the top.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Find the application that you want to remove by using the search box or 
        by looking through the list of installed applications.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Select the application and click <gui>Remove</gui>.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Confirm that you want to remove the application.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        You will be asked to authenticate by entering your password.
        After you have done that, the application will be removed.
      </p>
    </item>

  </steps>

  <note>
    <p>
      Some applications depend on other applications to work properly. If you 
      try to remove an application that is needed by another application, both 
      will be removed. You will be asked to confirm whether you want this to 
      happen before the applications are removed.
    </p>
  </note>

</page>
