How to uninstall or remove clamav-freshclam software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove clamav-freshclam software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed clamav-freshclam package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove clamav-freshclam 

Uninstall clamav-freshclam including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove clamav-freshclam 
Use Purging clamav-freshclam

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

$ sudo apt-get purge clamav-freshclam 

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 clamav-freshclam 

See Also,

How to install clamav-freshclam software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?