Program settings continue even after they have been uninstalled [closed]

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I'm new to Linux and I noticed that some program settings continue even after they have been uninstalled. I'm gonna explain. For example: I installed the Cairo Dock. So to uninstall I used the command: 

sudo apt-get remove cairo-dock

Then I used the command: 

sudo apt-get autoremove

So far so good, but I ended up installing that dock again and when I clicked open, it stayed with all the programs that were there before I uninstalled it. Would you have another command to uninstall completely? Another thing I found strange was that after uninstalling the Cairo Dock, I installed another dock and to my surprise, while uninstalling that other dock as well, it remained active as I forgot to leave it.

How do I get the programs fully uninstalled?

My Linux Settings:

  

DISTRIB_ID = LinuxMint DISTRIB_RELEASE = 18.2 DISTRIB_CODENAME = sonya   DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya" NAME="Linux Mint"   VERSION="18.2 (Sonya)"

    
asked by anonymous 27.07.2017 / 20:35

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Try the following: 

sudo apt-get purge cairo-dock

The purge command does the same thing as remove , but in addition to removing installed packages from the program, it also removes all settings left by it.

    
27.07.2017 / 20:36
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