How to uninstall Nginx on Ubuntu / Debian Linux

To uninstall Nginx on Ubuntu or Debian Linux, you can use the following steps:

  1. Stop the Nginx service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl stop nginx
  1. Remove the Nginx package and its dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nginx -y
  1. To remove the configuration files and any other files that were installed with Nginx, use the following command:
sudo apt-get purge nginx -y
  1. To remove any remaining dependencies that are no longer needed
sudo apt-get autoremove -y
  1. To remove any remaining files created by nginx
sudo rm -rf /etc/nginx

Please note that these steps are for Ubuntu and Debian Linux. The process may be different for other Linux distributions.

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