To find out the current version of Linux kernel running on your system, use the following command. $ uname -sr Linux 4.12.0-041200-generic To list all installed kernels on your system, issue this command. $ dpkg -l | grep linux-image | awk '{print$2}' linux-image-4.12.0-041200-generic linux-image-4.8.0-22-generic linux-image-extra-4.8.0-22-generic linux-image-generic Run the commands below to remove a particular linux-image along with its configuration files, then update grub2 configuration, and lastly reboot the system. $ sudo apt remove --purge linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic $ sudo update-grub2 $ sudo reboot And that's it.