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
Remove Old Unused Kernels on Debian and Ubuntu
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