Difference between “apt-get remove” or “apt-get purge”

Should I use apt-get remove or apt-get purge

apt-get remove :

        remove is identical to install except that packages are removed

        instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its

        configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the

        package name (with no intervening space), the identified package

        will be installed instead of removed.

apt-get  purge

        purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and

        purged (any configuration files are deleted too).

I would tend to use purge if you tend to not want to keep any configuration files around.

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