How to completely remove a desktop theme .... I have to many themes and they are starting to effect each other .... did a search in the search function and didn't find anything ....
I installed it using the terminal .... is there a command to completely remove it using the terminal ????
sudo apt purge packagename
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I tried just plain kde but that didn't work either .... on Synaptic there are about 10-15 different files listed and one that says kde-plasma-desktop (and minimal set of applications) .... is that the one I use .... ????
Never have both synaptic and terminal open. Close one of them when using the other. That is why you’re getting that message.
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Yup .... I forgot that .... I'll try again ....
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Thanks .... I should remember about having them both open at the same time as I didn't that before .... DOH .... LOL ..... looks like it worked I used
sudo apt purge kde-plasma-desktop
as it couldn't find ....... sudo apt purge kde (got that from Syanptic) I'm not that smart .... LOL
mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$ sudo apt purge kde
[sudo] password for mike:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package kde
mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$ sudo apt purge kde-plasma-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
kde-baseapps kwrite libunity-gtk3-parser0
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
kde-full* kde-plasma-desktop* kde-standard*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
After this operation, 67.6 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 430852 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing kde-full (5:104ubuntu4) ...
Removing kde-standard (5:104ubuntu4) ...
Removing kde-plasma-desktop (5:104ubuntu4) ...
mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$
Thanks again .... 
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Well I finally got around to rebooting and found that KDE was still there .... alive and kicking .... so I'm gonna back-up my Zorin and go to Synaptic and remove everything that has a KDC in front of it .... I'll be back and let you know how I fared .... LOL
Thanks but that is the most confusing article I have ever read .... LOL .... one person says do this xxxxx and another says no do this yyyyy cause xxxx will destroy your OS .... I tried to follow it but there was so many different and varied opinions I got completely confused .... on person said you should remove that suggestion before someone messes up their computer .... or something along those lines ....
I tried removing KDE in Synaptic but I can't delete any of the choices .... it wants me to install them instead .... see photo below ....
I have never used KDE, so be cautious of the following advice:
- Sort by installed column so that all the packages on your computer filter to one side (either top or bottom of the stack).
- Remove anything with “kde-“ .
YO! Are you trying to remove the theme or the desktop?? Don't remove anything with KDE, check what they do. If you remove for example kde-desktop it will remove the desktop.
Also can't you remove themes in the settings? Theres usually a trash icon under each theme.
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Yes I want to remove the entire desktop .... not just the theme
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sudo apt-get purge kde-full ← Deletes Config files, Packages and Dependencies
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OK I'll give it a try and see what happens .... gotta reboot .... I'll be back ....
mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$ sudo apt-get purge kde-full
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'kde-full' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
kde-baseapps kwrite libunity-gtk3-parser0 vlc-bin vlc-l10n
vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-qt vlc-plugin-samba
vlc-plugin-skins2 vlc-plugin-video-splitter
vlc-plugin-visualization
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$
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Sorry my bad, just remove the desktop? sudo apt-get purge kde-desktop
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Well I'm on KDE right now and this is what the terminal shows ....
mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$ sudo apt-get purge kde-desktop
[sudo] password for mike:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package kde-desktop
mike@mike-ROG-Strix-G731GT-G731GT:~$