I have installed visual studio code from .deb package that I downloaded from its official site. but I can't uninstall it now. I tried all methods in how to uninstall visual studio code . but none of them worked. some were not able to find code. Any suggestions on how to uninstall it.
Generally visual studio code and visual studio code-insiders is installed through snap install that resides into your /snap/ folder. to check whether a package is installed or not through snap install.( when you install it by running sudo snap install code or sudo snap install code-insiders or install from ubuntu software.)
1. GO TO /SNAP FOLDER AND look for folder with package name.( in our case: look for code-insiders)
or
open terminal and type
$ snap list
find out the exact name of the application there. now run
$ snap remove code-insiders
now it is uninstalled. you can verify by typing in terminal
$ dpkg -l
this command shows all kinds of packages installed through any means on the system. or type
which code-insiders
it should not print anything (just an \n character and the line changes.)
2. if any chance this method fails then go to ubuntu software. and search for code-insiders in search tab. from there you can uninstall it. Note: this might not appear in the list of installed applications when you click installed tabs beside all tab