How do you completely uninstall Google Chrome and Chromium on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

This Guide walks your through how do you completely uninstall Google Chrome and Chromium on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

To uninstall Chromium Browser, run these commands from your terminal:

$ sudo apt-get purge chromium-browser
$ mv ~/.config/chromium/ ~/.config/chromium.bak/

To uninstall Google Chrome, run these commands from your terminal:

$ sudo apt-get purge google-chrome-stable
$ mv ~/.config/google-chrome/ ~/.config/google-chrome.bak/

In both examples, the first command removes the package while the second command will move custom settings, such as plugins, to a backup directory.

Note: this recipe has been updated in 2020 to more safely backup the files rather than using a recursive delete.