Clean Up Unnecessary Folder
 

Just found too many .xxxx folder under /home/user/. How can I check which .xxxx folder is no longer needed and should be removed. Please advice and help.... Thanks

Re: Clean Up Unnecessary Folder
 

Apps usually create a ".xxxxx" directory under /home/user/ for their config files.

If you've uninstalled the app, it should be safe to remove the dir.

There is no automatic way to check if a directory is still in use by an app you've installed.

Normally shouldn't cause a problem if they remain there as the config files are usually fairly small.

Re: Clean Up Unnecessary Folder
 

ok thanks...

Re: Clean Up Unnecessary Folder
 

Altermively you can try to remove apps in xterm as root:
Where appname is the app you want to remove. It should remove the app and its directories. This is a bit dangerous though, because you might remove important folders although it nevr did damage in my experience and is better than "apt-get remove" (which the hildon app manager uses) in my opinion.

Purge should remove the /home/.xxxx folder related to that app.

Here's a good discussion for your benefit: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=790141