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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