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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove iotop 

Uninstall iotop including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge iotop 

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 iotop 

See Also,

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