uninstalling nginx?

Uninstall nginx including dependent package

Check the Status and version

sudo service nginx status
nginx -v

First Stop nginx service

sudo service nginx stop

Removes all but config files.

sudo apt-get remove nginx nginx-common

Removes everything.

sudo apt-get autoremove

Remove dependencies used by nginx which are no longer required.

sudo service nginx status

To get rid of everything nginx related (configs etc.) do:

sudo apt-get purge nginx

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