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How To Completely Uninstall PostgreSQL || Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
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uninstall_postgresql_*_ubuntu_20_04.sh
# Step 1 — List All Postgres related packages
dpkg -l | grep postgres
# Step 2 — Remove all current Postgresql related packages
sudo apt --purge remove postgresql*
# Step 3 — Remove all of the PostgreSQL data and directories
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/postgresql/
sudo rm -rf /var/log/postgresql/
sudo rm -rf /etc/postgresql/
# Step 4 — Remove the postgres user
sudo deluser postgres
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