Docker using wrong socket path after uninstalling docker desktop [duplicate]

Question

Using KDE Neon

I installed docker desktop using these instructions: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/ubuntu/

After having problems with it, I uninstalled using

$ sudo apt remove docker-desktop
$ rm -r $HOME/.docker/desktop
$ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/com.docker.cli
$ sudo apt purge docker-desktop

Then I installed docker with these instructions: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#set-up-the-repository

Docker runs fine when using sudo, but without it's using the wrong socket path.

machi@machi-kde-surface:~$ docker run hello-world
docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///home/machi/.docker/desktop/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?.
See 'docker run --help'.
machi@machi-kde-surface:~$ 

I've checked /etc/init/docker.conf but but it seems fine. Where is it getting this old desktop path from?

Answer 1

My problem is that docker was pointing to the wrong context.

Change back to default by running docker context use default

Answer 2

Removed /home/<user>/.docker, reinstalled docker, and now it works.