How to Uninstall Samba on Ubuntu 24.04

If you no longer need Samba on your system, you can easily remove it to free up resources.

Step 1: Stop the Samba services

Before uninstalling, stop the Samba daemons:

sudo systemctl stop smbd nmbd

Step 2: Disable Samba services

Prevent Samba from starting at boot:

sudo systemctl disable smbd nmbd

Step 3: Uninstall Samba packages

Remove Samba from your system with:

sudo apt remove --purge samba -y

Step 4: Remove unnecessary dependencies

Clean up packages that are no longer required:

sudo apt autoremove -y

Step 5: Verify removal

Check if any Samba services are still present:

systemctl status smbd

Samba has now been completely removed from Ubuntu 24.04.