diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install
index 94228ab8b2..b6d6695e4e 100755
--- a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install	
+++ b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install	
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 version=v1.16.6
 
 # remove deprecated files
-rm -f ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop ~/ppsspp
+rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop ~/ppsspp
 
 cd /tmp || error "Could not move to /tmp folder"
 install_packages build-essential cmake libgl1-mesa-dev libglew-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libvulkan-dev libfontconfig1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev || exit 1
diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall
index c02610ff5d..6d842623f0 100755
--- a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall	
+++ b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall	
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 purge_packages || exit 1
 
 # remove deprecated files
-rm -f ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop ~/ppsspp
+rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop ~/ppsspp
 
 sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/ppsspp* /usr/local/share/mime/packages/ppsspp.xml /usr/local/share/applications/PPSSPPQt.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/PPSSPPSDL.desktop /usr/local/share/ppsspp /usr/local/bin/PPSSPPQt /usr/local/bin/PPSSPPSDL