How to uninstall or remove fail2ban software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove fail2ban software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed fail2ban package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove fail2ban 

Uninstall fail2ban including dependent package

If you would like to remove fail2ban and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove fail2ban 
Use Purging fail2ban

If you use with purge options to fail2ban package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge fail2ban 

If you use purge options along with auto remove, will be removed everything regarding the package, It's really useful when you want to reinstall again.

$ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove fail2ban 

See Also,

How to install fail2ban software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?