How to uninstall or remove address-book-app software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove address-book-app software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed address-book-app package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove address-book-app 

Uninstall address-book-app including dependent package

If you would like to remove address-book-app and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove address-book-app 
Use Purging address-book-app

If you use with purge options to address-book-app package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge address-book-app 

If you use purge options along with auto remove, will be removed everything regarding the package, It's really useful when you want to reinstall again.

$ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove address-book-app 

See Also,

How to install address-book-app software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?