Bash – Uninstall and Purge Firefox

#!/bin/bash

# Common Firefox profile locations on Unix/Linux
# You can add to this list by opening up Firefox and going to "about:profiles"
locations=(
	"$HOME/.mozilla/firefox"                             # Main profile data (bookmarks, history, extensions)
	"$HOME/.cache/mozilla/firefox"                       # Cache data
	"$HOME/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox"         # Snap package profile location
	"$HOME/flatpak/org.mozilla.firefox/.mozilla/firefox" # Flatpak profile location
	"$HOME/Library/Application Support/Firefox"          # macOS HomeBrew Root Directory
	"$HOME/Library/Caches/Firefox/"                      # macOS HomeBrew Local Directory
	# "$HOME/Library/Caches/Mozilla/updates/Applications/Firefox" # macOS HomeBrew Local Directory
	"$HOME/Library/Caches/Mozilla" # macOS HomeBrew Local Directory
)

pkill firefox

# Ensure /etc/os-release exists
if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
	# Load OS info into variables
	source /etc/os-release
	OS_ID=${ID,,}        # Lowercase
	OS_LIKE=${ID_LIKE,,} # Lowercase

	if [[ "$OS_ID" =~ (rhel|centos|fedora|rocky|almalinux) ]] || [[ "$OS_LIKE" =~ (rhel|fedora) ]]; then
		echo "RHEL-based"
		sudo dnf purge firefox
	elif [[ "$OS_ID" =~ (debian|ubuntu|linuxmint) ]] ||
		[[ "$OS_LIKE" =~ debian ]]; then
		echo "Debian-based"
		sudo apt -y purge firefox && sudo apt autoremove -y
	else
		echo "Unknown Linux distribution: $PRETTY_NAME"
	fi

# Fallback for older systems without /etc/os-release
elif [[ -f /etc/redhat-release ]]; then
	echo "RHEL-based"
	sudo dnf purge firefox
elif [[ -f /etc/debian_version ]]; then
	echo "Debian-based"
	sudo apt -y purge firefox && sudo apt autoremove -y
elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
	echo "Mac OSX"
	if brew list --cask | grep -q "^firefox$"; then
		brew remove -f firefox
		brew cleanup --prune=all
	fi
else
	echo "Unable to determine OS type"
fi

for dir in "${locations[@]}"; do
	if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
		rm -Rfv "$dir"
	fi
done

# Delete Empty Files/Directories - Current Directory/SubDirectories
# Delete empty files
find $HOME -depth -empty -type f -delete

# Remove .DS_Store and more files before delete empty directories so it actually removes empty directories
find $HOME -depth \( -name "Thumbs.db" -o -name "desktop.ini" -o -name "error_log" -o -name ".DS_Store" -o -name "._*" -o -name "SyncToy*.dat" -o -name "Picasa.ini" \) -type f -exec rm -rfv {} \;

# Remove empty files in general before delete empty directories
find $HOME -depth -empty -type f -exec rm -rfv {} \;

# Delete empty directories
#find . -depth -empty -type d -delete
find $HOME -depth -empty -type d -exec rm -rfv {} \;

#!/bin/bash

# Common Firefox profile locations on Unix/Linux
# You can add to this list by opening up Firefox and going to "about:profiles"
locations=(
	"$HOME/.mozilla/firefox"                             # Main profile data (bookmarks, history, extensions)
	"$HOME/.cache/mozilla/firefox"                       # Cache data
	"$HOME/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox"         # Snap package profile location
	"$HOME/flatpak/org.mozilla.firefox/.mozilla/firefox" # Flatpak profile location
	"$HOME/Library/Application Support/Firefox"          # macOS HomeBrew Root Directory
	"$HOME/Library/Caches/Firefox/"                      # macOS HomeBrew Local Directory
	# "$HOME/Library/Caches/Mozilla/updates/Applications/Firefox" # macOS HomeBrew Local Directory
	"$HOME/Library/Caches/Mozilla" # macOS HomeBrew Local Directory
)

pkill firefox

# Ensure /etc/os-release exists
if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
	# Load OS info into variables
	source /etc/os-release
	OS_ID=${ID,,}        # Lowercase
	OS_LIKE=${ID_LIKE,,} # Lowercase

	if [[ "$OS_ID" =~ (rhel|centos|fedora|rocky|almalinux) ]] || [[ "$OS_LIKE" =~ (rhel|fedora) ]]; then
		echo "RHEL-based"
		sudo dnf purge firefox
	elif [[ "$OS_ID" =~ (debian|ubuntu|linuxmint) ]] ||
		[[ "$OS_LIKE" =~ debian ]]; then
		echo "Debian-based"
		sudo apt -y purge firefox && sudo apt autoremove -y
	else
		echo "Unknown Linux distribution: $PRETTY_NAME"
	fi

# Fallback for older systems without /etc/os-release
elif [[ -f /etc/redhat-release ]]; then
	echo "RHEL-based"
	sudo dnf purge firefox
elif [[ -f /etc/debian_version ]]; then
	echo "Debian-based"
	sudo apt -y purge firefox && sudo apt autoremove -y
elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
	echo "Mac OSX"
	if brew list --cask | grep -q "^firefox$"; then
		brew remove -f firefox
		brew cleanup --prune=all
	fi
else
	echo "Unable to determine OS type"
fi

for dir in "${locations[@]}"; do
	if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
		rm -Rfv "$dir"
	fi
done

# Delete Empty Files/Directories - Current Directory/SubDirectories
# Delete empty files
find $HOME -depth -empty -type f -delete

# Remove .DS_Store and more files before delete empty directories so it actually removes empty directories
find $HOME -depth \( -name "Thumbs.db" -o -name "desktop.ini" -o -name "error_log" -o -name ".DS_Store" -o -name "._*" -o -name "SyncToy*.dat" -o -name "Picasa.ini" \) -type f -exec rm -rfv {} \;

# Remove empty files in general before delete empty directories
find $HOME -depth -empty -type f -exec rm -rfv {} \;

# Delete empty directories
#find . -depth -empty -type d -delete
find $HOME -depth -empty -type d -exec rm -rfv {} \;