how to uninstall eclipse (installed using .tar.gz)

I installed eclipse using the .tar.gz file here:

However, I could not find it in synaptic package manager and when I ran apt-get remove eclipse, it said that the package was not installed

How do I uninstall it?

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apt-get remove eclipse will not work in this case because you have not installed it through the apt package manager

This is not the best solution but one thing you can do, Simply delete the installation directory

I am assuming you have installed Eclipse in your home directory. (By default it does so, as you can see in the image)

If not, simply go to that directory then run the following commands to delete the eclipse and eclipse-workspace folder

sudo rm -rf ~/eclipse
sudo rm -rf ~/eclipse-workspace

If you created the Desktop shortcut, then delete it separately

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