How to remove firefox completely on linux beta - chromebook

The easiest way to uninstall tar.bz2 applications on linux is manually. 

These steps are also useful for Debian and Ubuntu. 

Steps to remove firefox:

1. In order to move "firefox" folder inside /opt to Downloads folder and delete it there, type this on terminal:

sudo mv /opt/firefox ~/Downloads

Now we can delete easily firefox folder in Downloads folder.

Note: we do this as /opt is a protected with root folder.

2. Enable show hidden files on linux files folder:

Inside ".cache" folder, delete  "mozilla" folder.

3. Move .desktop file from user/share/applications folder to Downloads folder

sudo mv /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop ~/Downloads

Now it can be deleted easily.

4. Inside "Linux files", delete ".mozilla" folder. 

If you can't, use nautilus file manager. Move to trash and then empty trash.