This python script automates the removal of all disabled SNAP packages. It can free up a significant amount of disk space (e.g. ~30% of total disk space of all SNAP packages as illustrated in the example below). In so doing, please be aware that it will violate SNAP's inherent designed redundancy capability to allow automated rollback when a SNAP application crashes or when its upgrade is corrupted. Still, such rollback capability is typically not crucial for users of classic desktops and servers, hence this script has been developed.
Please read this Ask Ubuntu question and answers.
- Open a terminal and execute the python script as shown below. It will list all SNAP packages that are in the system, showing their "status", "bytes", "path". Those packages that are without the "Active" label are disabled, i.e. redundancy packages to allow automated rollbacks. The script will also list the total size of all the SNAP packages, and only "Active" and only "Disabled' packages.
- If disabled SNAP package(s) exist, you have to reply 'y' or 'n' to the question, "REMOVE ALL DISABLED SNAP PACKAGES?".
$ python3 remove_disabled_snap_pkgs.py
ALL (ACTIVE & DISABLED) SNAP PACKAGES IN SYSTEM:
Active 31899648 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/2048x_3.snap
Active 298893312 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/atom_282.snap
Active 4096 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/bare_5.snap
75415552 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/bitwarden_58.snap
Active 75431936 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/bitwarden_59.snap
205479936 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/blender_1113.snap
Active 223838208 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/blender_1237.snap
9461760 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/canonical-livepatch_119.snap
Active 9465856 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/canonical-livepatch_126.snap
16990208 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/chromium-ffmpeg_23.snap
Active 18845696 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/chromium-ffmpeg_24.snap
155017216 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/chromium_1854.snap
Active 154738688 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/chromium_1864.snap
58191872 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core18_2246.snap
Active 58183680 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core18_2253.snap
64835584 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core20_1242.snap
Active 64913408 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core20_1270.snap
104271872 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core_11798.snap
Active 104267776 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/core_11993.snap
316801024 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/cura-slicer_57.snap
Active 316801024 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/cura-slicer_58.snap
86917120 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/discord_130.snap
Active 86917120 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/discord_131.snap
323358720 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/djpdf_58.snap
Active 353034240 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/djpdf_59.snap
Active 83968000 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/ffmpeg_1286.snap
Active 654024704 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/freecad_22.snap
290496512 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gimp_380.snap
Active 410279936 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gimp_383.snap
Active 172761088 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-3-28-1804_161.snap
229638144 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-3-34-1804_72.snap
Active 229638144 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-3-34-1804_77.snap
254115840 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-3-38-2004_76.snap
Active 259948544 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gnome-3-38-2004_87.snap
68259840 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gtk-common-themes_1515.snap
Active 68378624 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gtk-common-themes_1519.snap
Active 143360 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/gtk2-common-themes_13.snap
193802240 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/inkscape_9090.snap
Active 192770048 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/inkscape_9256.snap
11747328 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/kapman_52.snap
Active 4059136 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/kapman_57.snap
Active 273375232 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/kde-frameworks-5-core18_32.snap
Active 185520128 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/krita_64.snap
Active 68575232 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/meshlab_183.snap
Active 57458688 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/mrrescue_117.snap
Active 40771584 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/ohmygiraffe_7.snap
431214592 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/onlyoffice-desktopeditors_81.snap
Active 660430848 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/onlyoffice-desktopeditors_94.snap
Active 46014464 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/pin-town_2.snap
Active 65556480 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/reversit_2.snap
236208128 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/riseup-vpn_172.snap
Active 241647616 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/riseup-vpn_179.snap
Active 116445184 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/simplenote_544.snap
140914688 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/skype_194.snap
Active 140963840 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/skype_197.snap
53432320 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snap-store_547.snap
Active 56872960 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snap-store_558.snap
44220416 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snapd_14066.snap
Active 45371392 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/snapd_14295.snap
169922560 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/spotify_53.snap
Active 175443968 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/spotify_56.snap
Active 228057088 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/supertux_229.snap
Active 649035776 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/supertuxkart_639.snap
Active 310079488 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/vlc_2344.snap
Active 989949952 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/xonotic_64.snap
Active 97476608 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/youtube-dl_4572.snap
Active 65949696 /var/lib/snapd/snaps/zenkit_17.snap
SIZE OF SNAP PACKAGES:
1. All : 11928915968 bytes
2. Active : 8388202496 bytes
2. Disabled : 3540713472 bytes or 29.68% of All
REMOVE ALL DISABLED SNAP PACKAGES? [y/n]
y
Removal in progress... pls wait
sudo snap remove bitwarden --revision=58
bitwarden (revision 58) removed
sudo snap remove blender --revision=1113
blender (revision 1113) removed
sudo snap remove canonical-livepatch --revision=119
canonical-livepatch (revision 119) removed
sudo snap remove chromium-ffmpeg --revision=23
chromium-ffmpeg (revision 23) removed
sudo snap remove chromium --revision=1854
chromium (revision 1854) removed
sudo snap remove core18 --revision=2246
core18 (revision 2246) removed
sudo snap remove core20 --revision=1242
core20 (revision 1242) removed
sudo snap remove core --revision=11798
core (revision 11798) removed
sudo snap remove cura-slicer --revision=57
cura-slicer (revision 57) removed
sudo snap remove discord --revision=130
discord (revision 130) removed
sudo snap remove djpdf --revision=58
djpdf (revision 58) removed
sudo snap remove gimp --revision=380
gimp (revision 380) removed
sudo snap remove gnome-3-34-1804 --revision=72
gnome-3-34-1804 (revision 72) removed
sudo snap remove gnome-3-38-2004 --revision=76
gnome-3-38-2004 (revision 76) removed
sudo snap remove gtk-common-themes --revision=1515
gtk-common-themes (revision 1515) removed
sudo snap remove inkscape --revision=9090
inkscape (revision 9090) removed
sudo snap remove kapman --revision=52
kapman (revision 52) removed
sudo snap remove onlyoffice-desktopeditors --revision=81
onlyoffice-desktopeditors (revision 81) removed
sudo snap remove riseup-vpn --revision=172
riseup-vpn (revision 172) removed
sudo snap remove skype --revision=194
skype (revision 194) removed
sudo snap remove snap-store --revision=547
snap-store (revision 547) removed
sudo snap remove snapd --revision=14066
snapd (revision 14066) removed
sudo snap remove spotify --revision=53
spotify (revision 53) removed
REMOVE ALL DISABLED SNAP PACKAGES? COMPLETED.