Uninstalling Unity from Ubuntu

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Please do note that you need to install some other interface before uninstalling this one.

Unity is an interface being pushed by Canonical because they need to drive adoption of Ubuntu across platforms. With Unity the focus is on hand held and touch enabled devices. Unity simply makes sense if you are using it on a touch based laptop or using a tablet (like the Google Nexus 7 with an Ubuntu port). With normal desktops with CRT monitors using Unity is simply pointless.

Unity also needs lots of RAM and cache. Unity is not going to work on old desktops because it wasn’t meant to and Canonical doesn’t care to be very honest. The best thing to do is to completely remove Unity once another interface is ready.

To remove Unity from 12.04

You need to install some other window manager before you actually uninstall unity.

Simply enter into the terminal the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unity unity-2d unity-2d-panel unity-2d-spread unity-asset-pool unity-services unity-lens-files unity-lens-music unity-lens-applications gir1.2-unity-5.0 unity-common indicator-sound indicator-power indicator-appmenu libindicator7 indicator-application indicator-datetime indicator-messages libnux-2.0-0 nux-tools libunity-misc4 unity-2d-common zeitgeist zeitgeist-core zeitgeist-datahub activity-log-*

To remove Unity from 11.10

You need to install some other window manager before you actually uninstall unity.

Simply enter into the terminal the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unity unity-2d-places unity-2d unity-2d-panel unity-2d-spread unity-asset-pool unity-services unity-lens-files unity-lens-music unity-lens-applications gir1.2-unity-4.0 unity-common indicator-sound indicator-power indicator-appmenu libindicator6 indicator-application evolution-indicator indicator-datetime indicator-messages libnux-1.0-0 nuxtools zeitgeist zeitgeist-core zeitgeist-datahub activity-log-*

Please note, this will remove Transmission and Tomboy. Do reinstall them after using

sudo apt-get install tomboy transmission

To remove Unity from 11.04

You need to install some other window manager before you actually uninstall unity.

Simply enter into the terminal the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unity libnux unity-place-applications unity-place-files