Howto Remove Compiz Fusion Including config files
Posted by admin on May 6th, 2008 
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If you want to uninstall Compiz Fusion for some reason follow these steps
Open a terminal
Enter the following command
sudo aptitude remove --purge compiz* libcompizconfig* -s
Then remove all the packages that have a “compiz” in them.
sudo aptitude remove libgnome-compiz-manager0 compiz-extra libcompizconfig0 compiz-dev compiz-gtk compiz-kde compiz-settings libcompizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-config-ini gcompizthemer compiz-plugins libgnome-compiz-manager-dev compizconfig-backend-kde compizconfig-settings-manager python-compizconfig compiz-config-gnome taskbar-compiz compizconfig-plugin compiz-freedesktop-dev compiz-fusion-plugins-unofficial compiz-bcop compiz-ccs-settings-manager libgnome-compiz-manager libcompizconfig0-dev compiztools compizconfig-settings-legacy compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-compcomm-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compiz compiz-extra-plugins compiz-fusion-plugins-main libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig compiz-core compiz-decorator gnome-compiz-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome libcompizconfig-dev libgnome-compiz-manager0-dev libcompizconfig0 libcompizconfig-backend-gconf libcompizconfig0-dev libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig libcompizconfig-dev
After removing all those packages, backup /home/username/.compizconfig and /home/username/.config/compiz and /home/ username.gconf/apps/compiz to some other location just in case.(your desktop for eg) and then delete them from the /home/username folder
Now you have a clean system ready for New Compiz Fusion installation
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May 6th, 2008 at 11:38 am
“/home/ username.gconf/apps/compiz” is obviously typoed
May 6th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
sudo aptitude remove –purge compiz* libcompizconfig* -s
zsh: no matches found: compiz*
Obviously isn’t working
August 30th, 2008 at 2:13 am
this works:
sudo apt-get remove –purge compiz* libcompiz*