How to remove Apache2 from Ubuntu Server
 August 29, 2022 Santosh Ubuntu Server No Comments

A very simple and straightforward way that worked for me is as follows:

    Stop apache2.

    sudo service apache2 stop

    Uninstall Apache2 and its dependent packages.

    sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common

    //or 
    sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2-bin apache2.2-common

    Use autoremove option to get rid of other dependencies.

    sudo apt-get autoremove

    Check whether there are any configuration files that have not been removed.

    whereis apache2

    If you get a response as follows apache2: /etc/apache2 remove the directory and existing configuration files.

    sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2