diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7095336f7..f8e8673e9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-icon-theme-install | env DESTDIR="/usr/local/sh
 
 #### Uninstall
 
+Use this interactive script to completely remove Papirus icon theme on your system.
+
 ```
 wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-icon-theme-uninstall | sh
 ```
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
index 5c5b5848a4..1d31df7972 100755
--- a/uninstall.sh
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -24,12 +24,42 @@ cat <<- EOF
 
 EOF
 
+_rm_icon_theme() {
+  test -d "$1" || return 0
+
+  echo "Removing '$1'..." >&2
+
+  if [ -w "$1" ]; then
+     rm -rf "$1"
+  else
+    if command -v sudo >/dev/null; then
+      sudo rm -rf "$1"
+    elif command -v doas >/dev/null; then
+      doas rm -rf "$1"
+    else
+      echo "Failed to remove '$1'. Please run the script with root permission." >&2
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+_yes_no() {
+  printf '%s [Y/n]: ' "$*"
+  read -r yes_no </dev/tty  # don't read from stdin
+
+  case "$yes_no" in
+    [Yy]|'') return 0 ;;
+    [Nn]|*)  return 1 ;;
+  esac
+}
+
 echo "=> Removing $gh_desc ..."
-for i in ePapirus ePapirus-Dark Papirus Papirus-Adapta Papirus-Adapta-Nokto Papirus-Dark Papirus-Light; do
-  rm -rf "$HOME/.icons/$i"
-  rm -rf "$HOME/.local/share/icons/$i"
-  sudo rm -rf "/usr/local/share/icons/$i"
-  sudo rm -rf "/usr/share/icons/$i"
+for d in "$HOME/.icons" "$HOME/.local/share/icons" "/usr/local/share/icons" "/usr/share/icons"; do
+  for i in ePapirus ePapirus-Dark Papirus Papirus-Adapta Papirus-Adapta-Nokto Papirus-Dark Papirus-Light; do
+    [ -d "$d/$i" ] || continue
+    if _yes_no "Do you want to remove '$i' from '$d'"; then
+      _rm_icon_theme "$d/$i"
+    fi
+  done
 done
 
 echo "=> Done!"