Install Guide Wine Uninstall

Install Guide: Uninstall Wine

This guide removes Wine, Affinity, and their associated files from your Linux system. It applies to the manual setup described in Install Guide: Wine.

Warning

• Back up important data. Make sure you've backed up any important Windows applications or data stored in your Wine prefixes before proceeding.
• Custom installations. If you installed Wine from source, or with an alternative method, you may need additional cleanup steps.
• System variations. Some directory paths vary depending on your Linux distribution and Wine installation method.

Uninstallation Steps

1. Remove the Wine packages.

   sudo apt purge --autoremove wine* winetricks -y

2. Remove the WineHQ repository sources.

   sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

3. Remove the WineHQ GPG keys.

   sudo rm -f /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq.asc

4. Update your package lists.

   sudo apt update

5. Remove user Wine data and configuration.

   rm -rf ~/.wine
   rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/wine
   rm -rf ~/.cache/wine
   rm -rf ~/.config/wine
   rm -rf ~/.affinity

   The .affinity directory is specific to Affinity installations that used a WINEPREFIX named .affinity, as in Install Guide: Wine. It may not be present on all setups.

6. Remove Winetricks, if you installed it manually.

   sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/winetricks

7. Run a final system cleanup.

   sudo apt autoremove -y
   sudo apt clean

Verification

After completing these steps, verify Wine is completely removed:

which wine
wine --version

Both commands should return no results, or a "command not found" error.

Troubleshooting

If you still see traces of Wine after uninstalling:

• Check for remaining Wine-related packages: dpkg -l | grep wine
• Search for leftover Wine files: locate wine | grep -v /proc
• Review your package manager logs for installation anomalies.

Known Issues

None currently tracked for this uninstall procedure. See General Known Issues for issues affecting Affinity on Linux more broadly.