Uninstall plank
To remove just plank package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) execute on terminal:
sudo apt-get remove plank
Uninstall plank and it's dependent packages
To remove the plank package and any other dependant package which are no longer needed from Ubuntu Xenial.
sudo apt-get autoremove plank
Purging plank
If you also want to delete configuration and/or data files of plank from Ubuntu Xenial then this will work:
sudo apt-get purge plank
To delete configuration and/or data files of plank and it's dependencies from Ubuntu Xenial then execute:
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge plank
More information about apt-get remove
Advanced Package Tool, or APT, is a free software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on Debian, Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. APT simplifies the process of managing software on Unix-like computer systems by automating the retrieval, configuration and installation of software packages, either from precompiled files or by compiling source code.
apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT library.
apt-get remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.
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How to remove plank package from Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)