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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove freenect 

Uninstall freenect including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge freenect 

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 freenect 

See Also,

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