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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove geany 

Uninstall geany including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge geany 

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 geany 

See Also,

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