How to remove the Gnome Amazon launcher package from Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Desktop

Objective

The objective is to uninstall the Amazon package creating the left panel Amazon launcher icon.

Operating System and Software Versions

• Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

Requirements

Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo command is required.

Conventions

• # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
• $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Other Versions of this Tutorial

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

Instructions

Amazon Launcher icon on Ubuntu 18.04 GNOME desktop

To remove he Gnome Amazon launcher package open up terminal and enter:

$ sudo apt purge ubuntu-web-launchers

All done. The amazon icon launcher should be gone.