Remove apache2 from Ubuntu, step by step from bash

The short manual how to remove Apache 2 from Ubuntu with bash Linux command line. 4 steps. I advice you to execute all the commands with sudo.

Step 1. Stop the service
sudo service apache2 stop

Step 2. Uninstall apache2 services
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common
sudo apt-get autoremove

Step 3. Check where apache2 was installed
whereis apache2

Step 4. Apache2 by default is installed in /etc/apache2, so you should remove this directory:
sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2

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