How to uninstall traceroute in ubuntu 25.04

Traceroute is a diagnostic tool used to track the path that packets take across a network. If you no longer need it on your Ubuntu 25.04 system, you can easily remove it using the package manager.

Step 1: Update package lists

First, make sure your package lists are up to date:

sudo apt update

Step 2: Remove traceroute

To uninstall traceroute, run:

sudo apt remove traceroute -y

Step 3: Remove unused dependencies (optional)

Clean up any unnecessary packages left behind:

sudo apt autoremove -y

Step 4: Verify removal

Check if traceroute is uninstalled:

traceroute

If it shows command not found, it has been successfully removed. Traceroute has now been uninstalled from Ubuntu 25.04.