How to uninstall or remove cryptsetup software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove cryptsetup software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup 

Uninstall cryptsetup including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge cryptsetup 

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 cryptsetup 

See Also,

How to install cryptsetup software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?