How do I remove an incomplete snap installation of nextcloud?

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#1

Since this is primarily an experimental device I could just re-flash, but I would like to learn how to solve problems and maybe contribute a little back.

I decided to try and install the nextcloud snap. It threw a ton of errors and seemed to freeze in the middle of the process ( over an hour). I killed it and just decided to try and remove it. When I try snap remove nextcloud I get
error: cannot remove "nextcloud": snap "nextcloud" has changes in progress
I don’t remember the errors, though if someone wants to tell me how to find relevant data I would be glad to track it down. What I would primarily like to do is properly remove the snap and recover the space from the partition it created.

#2

Have no experience with this whatsoever, but reading the man I’d try this first:

snap abort nextcloud

#3

Thanks for the idea, result…
error: cannot find change with id "nextcloud"
I should also note that
snap list
doesn’t show it as being installed even thought the interfaces command shows it connected to the network stuff.

#4

This one was answered at AskUbuntu

The abort command seems to have done it in the end, but it involved finding the specific snap process and aborting it (I think).

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