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I installed The GNOME Desktop Environment, with extra components, but I didn't like it, so I uninstalled it. But now at the login screen, besides the password box there's still the button to choose Unity, Gnome and Gnome basic or something like that. How can I completely remove it?

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  • @MHC, thanks for the edit. I didn't do anything other than the italics because there recently were questions raised about editing questions to fit the answers. –  Apr 14 '13 at 12:55

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I remember reading somewhere that (sudo) deleting what you don't need from /usr/share/xsessions will clean up your login screen. While the titles of the .desktop files are quite explanatory, you could make sure by viewing their contents in a text editor. Just to be safe, copy those .desktop files elsewhere first!

See How can I use LightDM for user-defined sessions? for more.

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  • Found this after searching for lightdm still showing session after removing desktop file from /usr/share/xsessions. In my case, I was on Fedora 38 Cinnamon and had installed the 'Fedora Workstation' (Gnome) group then decided to get rid of it. removing the desktop file from /usr/share/xsessions was only part of the solution for me. After some investigating, I realized there was also a /usr/bin/gnome-session and package gnome-session; removing that got rid of the remaining entries. I am not sure what the ubuntu equivalent is but maybe this can point someone in the right direction. – zpangwin Aug 27 '23 at 18:17