How do I completely remove Apache2?

Question

I need to completely remove apache2 but no matter what I do I still get the default ubuntu page and when I run a nodejs app it will say port 80 is in use.

I tried the usual suggested in other apache2 removal questions:

sudo service apache2 stop
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common
sudo apt-get autoremove

rm -rf /usr/sbin/apache2
rm -rf /etc/apache2

$ sudo lsof -i :80

COMMAND  PID    USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
chrome  2426 physiii  184u  IPv4  31202      0t0  TCP desktop:54128->151.101.193.69:http (ESTABLISHED)
chrome  2426 physiii  248u  IPv4  27504      0t0  TCP desktop:54038->151.101.193.69:http (ESTABLISHED)
chrome  2426 physiii  258u  IPv4  27510      0t0  TCP desktop:33542->174.76.226.31:http (ESTABLISHED)

I still get "Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page" if I go to 127.0.0.1

What is going on?

Edit your post to include the output of sudo lsof -i :80, please. — muru, Feb 27 '17 at 05:53
Something's clearly changed - your older output had a connection to localhost, which is no longer present. Do you still have something running on port 80? I doubt it. — muru, Feb 28 '17 at 05:45
In my case, wanted to replace apache2 with nginx, but was confused when apache2's default page was still served. sudo lsof -i :80 was the clue for me. It turned out it was nginx now serving the exact same folder /var/www/html/. — angularsen, Aug 05 '17 at 20:15

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 29 '23 at 12:36

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In my case, these commands helped me to fully remove apache2.

$ sudo apt-get remove apache2*
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
$ sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2 /var/lib/apache2

edited Nov 29 '23 at 12:36

sotirov

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answered Feb 27 '17 at 03:00

sirajalam049

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Still there. I'm using 16.04 – physiii Feb 27 '17 at 03:36
After the page loads to default apache page. Refresh it again. – sirajalam049 Feb 27 '17 at 03:46
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Nope. I can't start a program on port 80. Apache is still binding that port somehow! – physiii Feb 27 '17 at 04:16

How do I completely remove Apache2?

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