Steps to completely remove snapd from Ubuntu:
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Launch terminal.
- List installed snap packages.
$ snap list Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes chromium 85.0.4183.102 1298 latest/stable canonical✓ - core18 20200724 1885 latest/stable canonical✓ base gnome-3-28-1804 3.28.0-17-gde3d74c.de3d74c 128 latest/stable canonical✓ - gnome-3-34-1804 0+git.3009fc7 36 latest/stable/… canonical✓ - gtk-common-themes 0.1-36-gc75f853 1506 latest/stable/… canonical✓ - snap-store 3.36.0-80-g208fd61 467 latest/stable/… canonical✓ - snapd 2.45.3.1 8790 latest/stable canonical✓ snapd
- Remove installed snap packages (optional).
$ sudo snap remove chromium snap-store [sudo] password for user: 2020-09-11T17:31:08+08:00 INFO Waiting for conflicting change in progress... chromium removed snap-store removed
- Stop snapd service.
$ sudo systemctl stop snapd Warning: Stopping snapd.service, but it can still be activated by: snapd.socket
- Uninstall snapd using apt.
$ sudo apt remove --purge --assume-yes snapd gnome-software-plugin-snap Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'gnome-software-plugin-snap' is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED: snapd* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 120 MB disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 185414 files and directories currently installed.) Removing snapd (2.45.1+20.04.2)
- Remove user snap directory.
$ rm -rf ~/snap/
- Remove cache directory for snapd.
$ sudo rm -rf /var/cache/snapd/
