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[Bug 1454448] Re: Uninstalling app does not delete its data

 

I'm not sure what is best component to file this bug against. If there
is better home for this bug, please advice :)

I'm not sure how much logic click should have, but surely uninstaller
daemon should not rely on information in click package, it should clean
application data even if it has broken click manifest. Otherwise we are
relying on app developers to do something system should be responsible
for.

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Title:
  Uninstalling app does not delete its data

Status in click package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When app is uninstalled it's data under ~/.local is preserved.
  This makes it impossible to track where all the free space went, since app is not even installed to be shown in storage view in the Settings app, and yet it can happily leave behind hundreds of MB of obsolete data.

  Expected result:
  when app is uninstalled, its linked private storage (~/.local/<app>/) is also freed. Uninstall should be preferably accompanied with warning dialog about all application data being deleted as well.

  tested on RTM krillin (stable/bq-aquaris.en/krillin) v22

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