Allow deleting uninstalled/unused modules/themes/layouts from the filesystem via the admin UI

When you uninstall a module, it only deletes the data. I think that uninstall should remove the module entirely (from the filesystem and the ‘List Modules’ page) and there should be a ‘Clear Data’ tab or button where we clear the data for a module. I think this would be more intuitive this way. Thoughts?

-- PR:https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/2818

GitHub Link:

https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/3939

GitHub Issue #:

3939

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