Remove the apache2 in Ubuntu

To remove the apache2 service using Terminal:

First stop the apache2 service if it is running with:

sudo service apache2 stop

Now remove and cleanup all the apache2 packages with:

sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common

run in case any other cleanup in needed

sudo apt-get autoremove 

You can do the following two tests to confirm apache has been removed:

which apache2
- should return a blank line

sudo service apache2 start 
apache2: unrecognized service