How to uninstall or remove ansible software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove ansible software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove ansible 

Uninstall ansible including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove ansible 
Use Purging ansible

If you use with purge options to ansible package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge ansible 

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 ansible 

See Also,

How to install ansible software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?