I have installed WhatsApp by following these steps:

1. Type sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/whatsapp-webapp.desktop in the Terminal.

2. Copy the following text to opened screen:

   #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
   [Desktop Entry]
   Name=WhatsApp
   GenericName=WhatsApp
   Comment=WhatsApp desktop webapp
   #Exec=webapp-container --store-session-cookies --webappUrlPatterns=https?://*. --user-agent-string='Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/41.0.2228.0 Safari/537.36' %u
   Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --app=
   Terminal=false
   Type=Application
   StartupNotify=true
   MimeType=text/plain;
   # If you want icon, type path of icon
   # Icon=
   Categories=Network;Application;
   Keywords=WhatsApp;webapp;
   X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=WhatsApp
   StartupWMClass=web.whatsapp.com

3. Finally, for keyboard shortcuts to open it, create:

   bash -c "wmctrl -xa web.whatsapp.com || /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --app="

Now I want to uninstall this application. What are the steps to perform the uninstallation?

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1 Answer

Delete the /usr/share/applications/whatsapp-webapp.desktop file with the following commands:

cd /usr/share/applications/
sudo rm /whatsapp-webapp.desktop

whatsdesk is an unofficial WhatsApp client for Linux that can be installed with the following command:

sudo snap install whatdesk 

To use WhatsApp on your computer:

1. Open WhatsApp on your phone.

2. Tap Menu or Settings and select WhatsApp Web.

3. Point your phone to the QR code image.

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