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I installed app called zoom and it somehow stopped working. I tried reinstalling it but still wouldn't work. I'm trying to delete any files related to the application.



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find / * | grep "zoom"


Is there a way i can delete files shown by this command










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    I installed app called zoom and it somehow stopped working. I tried reinstalling it but still wouldn't work. I'm trying to delete any files related to the application.



    I tried



    find / * | grep "zoom"


    Is there a way i can delete files shown by this command










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      I installed app called zoom and it somehow stopped working. I tried reinstalling it but still wouldn't work. I'm trying to delete any files related to the application.



      I tried



      find / * | grep "zoom"


      Is there a way i can delete files shown by this command










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      I installed app called zoom and it somehow stopped working. I tried reinstalling it but still wouldn't work. I'm trying to delete any files related to the application.



      I tried



      find / * | grep "zoom"


      Is there a way i can delete files shown by this command







      command-line delete grep find






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          Your find command is silly. How did you install zoom? If via synaptic, apt, apt-get or any other installer that respects the Ubuntu packaging system, you may see the files with



          dpkg -L zoom


          and remove it (and not confuse the packaging system) with



          sudo apt purge zoom


          If you insist on using find, re-read man find, and do something like



          sudo find / -iname 'zoom*'


          or (read man xargs)



          sudo find / -type f -iname 'zoom*' -print0 | xargs -0 echo rm


          to delete all the files whose names start with zoom. Remove the echo word when you are happy with the generated file list.






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          • Or -delete, so that you can delete the directories as well.
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            Mar 14 at 3:53










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          Your find command is silly. How did you install zoom? If via synaptic, apt, apt-get or any other installer that respects the Ubuntu packaging system, you may see the files with



          dpkg -L zoom


          and remove it (and not confuse the packaging system) with



          sudo apt purge zoom


          If you insist on using find, re-read man find, and do something like



          sudo find / -iname 'zoom*'


          or (read man xargs)



          sudo find / -type f -iname 'zoom*' -print0 | xargs -0 echo rm


          to delete all the files whose names start with zoom. Remove the echo word when you are happy with the generated file list.






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          • Or -delete, so that you can delete the directories as well.
            – muru
            Mar 14 at 3:53














          up vote
          6
          down vote













          Your find command is silly. How did you install zoom? If via synaptic, apt, apt-get or any other installer that respects the Ubuntu packaging system, you may see the files with



          dpkg -L zoom


          and remove it (and not confuse the packaging system) with



          sudo apt purge zoom


          If you insist on using find, re-read man find, and do something like



          sudo find / -iname 'zoom*'


          or (read man xargs)



          sudo find / -type f -iname 'zoom*' -print0 | xargs -0 echo rm


          to delete all the files whose names start with zoom. Remove the echo word when you are happy with the generated file list.






          share|improve this answer




















          • Or -delete, so that you can delete the directories as well.
            – muru
            Mar 14 at 3:53












          up vote
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          up vote
          6
          down vote









          Your find command is silly. How did you install zoom? If via synaptic, apt, apt-get or any other installer that respects the Ubuntu packaging system, you may see the files with



          dpkg -L zoom


          and remove it (and not confuse the packaging system) with



          sudo apt purge zoom


          If you insist on using find, re-read man find, and do something like



          sudo find / -iname 'zoom*'


          or (read man xargs)



          sudo find / -type f -iname 'zoom*' -print0 | xargs -0 echo rm


          to delete all the files whose names start with zoom. Remove the echo word when you are happy with the generated file list.






          share|improve this answer












          Your find command is silly. How did you install zoom? If via synaptic, apt, apt-get or any other installer that respects the Ubuntu packaging system, you may see the files with



          dpkg -L zoom


          and remove it (and not confuse the packaging system) with



          sudo apt purge zoom


          If you insist on using find, re-read man find, and do something like



          sudo find / -iname 'zoom*'


          or (read man xargs)



          sudo find / -type f -iname 'zoom*' -print0 | xargs -0 echo rm


          to delete all the files whose names start with zoom. Remove the echo word when you are happy with the generated file list.







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          • Or -delete, so that you can delete the directories as well.
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          • Or -delete, so that you can delete the directories as well.
            – muru
            Mar 14 at 3:53















          Or -delete, so that you can delete the directories as well.
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          Mar 14 at 3:53




          Or -delete, so that you can delete the directories as well.
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