Uninstall HPLIP How-To
A. If you still have the source tar ball go into the source directory--for example;
cd ~/Desktop/hplip-2.7.12
B. Execute this command to remove/uninstall HPLIP:
su -c "make uninstall"
or if your distro uses sudo;
sudo make uninstall
C. Enter the following command to remove the HPLIP installed directory;
Warning
If you do not enter this command correctly you could damage your system.
su -c "rm -rf /usr/share/hplip"
or if your distro uses sudo;
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/hplip
D. The uninstall/removal of HPLIP is now complete. Perhaps you now want to re-install?