Uninstalling Proton VPN

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I uninstalled Proton VPN on Mint (in favor of Mullvad VPN) and I noticed that in my Software Manager an application called python3-aiohttp remained installed. I remember it being installed by Proton VPN’s repository in an update a few months back.

I uninstalled python3-aiohttp and its dependencies as well as purged/autoremoved Proton VPN using the Ubuntu instructions for uninstalling. Some packages remained after following the instructions, so I removed them with the Software Manager, not the Synaptic Package Manager. (I don’t think it makes a difference.)

I know not to mess with Python in Linux Mint as to not flub up my system. Though since the python3-aiohttp package was in my Software Manager, you can’t uninstall Python3 in the Software Manager, and I had no issues running my system after uninstalling, I feel like I didn’t uninstall anything vital to Mint.

Even though I’m pretty sure I’m just worrying about nothing I still have to ask. Has anybody run into any similar situations with uninstalling Proton VPN on Mint, and is the python3-aiohttp package and its dependencies important?

Python3 still is on my system and I can check with ‘python3 --version’ which returns Python 3.12.

Proton VPN Ubuntu Install/Uninstall Instructions

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Generally I just trust apt to remove packages I don’t need, and would never remove anything python related and many system packages rely on it

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I have my trusty flash drive ready and my home folder is backed up. I didn’t remove python, just a package that was installed in my Software Manager thank god.