How to uninstall Bitcoin Core and remove data
I recently installed Bitcoin Core on my Ubuntu 16.04 system. It's taking up too much disk space. How do I completely uninstall the software and remove data to free up my hard drive space?
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I recently installed Bitcoin Core on my Ubuntu 16.04 system. It's taking up too much disk space. How do I completely uninstall the software and remove data to free up my hard drive space?
uninstall bitcoin
edited Jan 22 '17 at 21:09
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Did you install debs from a PPA or maybe compile from source ? Could you provide the output of : dpkg -l | grep bitcoin ?
– albert j
Jan 22 '17 at 20:58
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I recently installed Bitcoin Core on my Ubuntu 16.04 system. It's taking up too much disk space. How do I completely uninstall the software and remove data to free up my hard drive space?
uninstall bitcoin
edited Jan 22 '17 at 21:09
earthmeLon
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asked Jan 22 '17 at 20:53
ckubuntuckubuntu
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I recently installed Bitcoin Core on my Ubuntu 16.04 system. It's taking up too much disk space. How do I completely uninstall the software and remove data to free up my hard drive space?
uninstall bitcoin
uninstall bitcoin
edited Jan 22 '17 at 21:09
earthmeLon
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asked Jan 22 '17 at 20:53
ckubuntuckubuntu
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edited Jan 22 '17 at 21:09
earthmeLon
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asked Jan 22 '17 at 20:53
ckubuntuckubuntu
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edited Jan 22 '17 at 21:09
earthmeLon
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edited Jan 22 '17 at 21:09
earthmeLon
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edited Jan 22 '17 at 21:09
earthmeLon
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asked Jan 22 '17 at 20:53
ckubuntuckubuntu
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asked Jan 22 '17 at 20:53
ckubuntuckubuntu
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asked Jan 22 '17 at 20:53
ckubuntuckubuntu
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Did you install debs from a PPA or maybe compile from source ? Could you provide the output of : dpkg -l | grep bitcoin ?
– albert j
Jan 22 '17 at 20:58
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Did you install debs from a PPA or maybe compile from source ? Could you provide the output of : dpkg -l | grep bitcoin ?
– albert j
Jan 22 '17 at 20:58
Did you install debs from a PPA or maybe compile from source ? Could you provide the output of : dpkg -l | grep bitcoin ?
– albert j
Jan 22 '17 at 20:58
Did you install debs from a PPA or maybe compile from source ? Could you provide the output of : dpkg -l | grep bitcoin ?
– albert j
Jan 22 '17 at 20:58
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Remove bitcoin:
sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
Alternatively, you could just disable bitcoind from starting at startup:
sudo systemctl disable bitcoind
Remove extra files:
If you remove your .bitcoin directory, you are removing your wallets/addresses and access to any BTC in those wallets, as well as the blockchain history.
When you run bitcoind, it typically creates a .bitcoin directory in the home directory of the running user. Depending on your setup, this could be a user named bitcoin, or be your user.
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoind/
If you're not sure where this path is, you could run the following commands to help find it:
sudo updatedbsudo locate .bitcoind
More specifically, the blocks take up a lot of space and are found in .bitcoind/blocks/.
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In my version of Ubuntu (18.1) the files are located in .bitcoin and not in .bitcoind so use these commands:
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoin/sudo locate .bitcoin
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Remove bitcoin:
sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
Alternatively, you could just disable bitcoind from starting at startup:
sudo systemctl disable bitcoind
Remove extra files:
If you remove your .bitcoin directory, you are removing your wallets/addresses and access to any BTC in those wallets, as well as the blockchain history.
When you run bitcoind, it typically creates a .bitcoin directory in the home directory of the running user. Depending on your setup, this could be a user named bitcoin, or be your user.
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoind/
If you're not sure where this path is, you could run the following commands to help find it:
sudo updatedbsudo locate .bitcoind
More specifically, the blocks take up a lot of space and are found in .bitcoind/blocks/.
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Remove bitcoin:
sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
Alternatively, you could just disable bitcoind from starting at startup:
sudo systemctl disable bitcoind
Remove extra files:
If you remove your .bitcoin directory, you are removing your wallets/addresses and access to any BTC in those wallets, as well as the blockchain history.
When you run bitcoind, it typically creates a .bitcoin directory in the home directory of the running user. Depending on your setup, this could be a user named bitcoin, or be your user.
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoind/
If you're not sure where this path is, you could run the following commands to help find it:
sudo updatedbsudo locate .bitcoind
More specifically, the blocks take up a lot of space and are found in .bitcoind/blocks/.
answered Jan 22 '17 at 21:04
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Remove bitcoin:
sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
Alternatively, you could just disable bitcoind from starting at startup:
sudo systemctl disable bitcoind
Remove extra files:
If you remove your .bitcoin directory, you are removing your wallets/addresses and access to any BTC in those wallets, as well as the blockchain history.
When you run bitcoind, it typically creates a .bitcoin directory in the home directory of the running user. Depending on your setup, this could be a user named bitcoin, or be your user.
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoind/
If you're not sure where this path is, you could run the following commands to help find it:
sudo updatedbsudo locate .bitcoind
More specifically, the blocks take up a lot of space and are found in .bitcoind/blocks/.
answered Jan 22 '17 at 21:04
earthmeLonearthmeLon
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Remove bitcoin:
sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
Alternatively, you could just disable bitcoind from starting at startup:
sudo systemctl disable bitcoind
Remove extra files:
If you remove your .bitcoin directory, you are removing your wallets/addresses and access to any BTC in those wallets, as well as the blockchain history.
When you run bitcoind, it typically creates a .bitcoin directory in the home directory of the running user. Depending on your setup, this could be a user named bitcoin, or be your user.
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoind/
If you're not sure where this path is, you could run the following commands to help find it:
sudo updatedbsudo locate .bitcoind
More specifically, the blocks take up a lot of space and are found in .bitcoind/blocks/.
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In my version of Ubuntu (18.1) the files are located in .bitcoin and not in .bitcoind so use these commands:
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoin/sudo locate .bitcoin
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In my version of Ubuntu (18.1) the files are located in .bitcoin and not in .bitcoind so use these commands:
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoin/sudo locate .bitcoin
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In my version of Ubuntu (18.1) the files are located in .bitcoin and not in .bitcoind so use these commands:
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoin/sudo locate .bitcoin
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In my version of Ubuntu (18.1) the files are located in .bitcoin and not in .bitcoind so use these commands:
rm -rf /path/to/.bitcoin/sudo locate .bitcoin
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Did you install debs from a PPA or maybe compile from source ? Could you provide the output of : dpkg -l | grep bitcoin ?
– albert j
Jan 22 '17 at 20:58