How to remove an installed package in Emacs (ver 24+)?

Question

I\'d like to remove several packages that I\'ve installed. When I invoke package-list-packages, I notice that there is a \'d\' (mark for deletion) com

Answer 1

I've noticed that all the installed packages end up at the bottom of the list. If a new version of the package you want to uninstall is available, it will occur twice in the *Packages* buffer, once for the new version, listed as available, and a second time, listed as installed, for the old version. Only the version listed as installed can be marked for deletion using d and subsequently removed using x, answering yes to the question in the mini-buffer. That removes the actual files in the elpa directory for me.