In this article, we are going to shows that How to remove or purge Nginx from Ubuntu 18.04 | 20.04.
NGINX is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. NGINX is known for its high performance, stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.
If you want to remove Nginx server from your host then there are two methods to uninstall or remove installed programs from Ubuntu and Linux systems:
- Run the apt with remove option
- Run the apt with purge option
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Please follow below methods to remove Nginx from Ubuntu System :
Prerequisites
- System with Nginx installed and configured
- Access to command line
- A user account with sudo or root privileges
Method 1 : Remove Nginx
if you run the apt with remove option then it will delete Nginx server package from the host and keep all configuration file of Nginx server.
Run the below command, if you want to remove Nginx server package and want to keep all configuration files:
sudo apt remove nginx
When you run the above command, it will delete Nginx server packages and keep all configuration files and content directory of Nginx.
Site configuration file located at /etc/nginx directory and content directory located at /var/www.
Method 2 : Purge Nginx
if you run the apt with purge option then it will delete Nginx server packages and all its configuration files from Ubuntu system.
Run the below command to completely delete Nginx server along with the its configuration files and settings:
sudo apt purge nginx
Reinstall Nginx
if you run the apt with reinstall option then it will delete Nginx server and install it again.
To do that, simply run the below commands:
sudo apt reinstall nginx
That’s all
To install Nginx server in your Ubuntu system, simply follow our article How to Install Nginx on Ubuntu system
If you face any error and issue in above steps , please use comment box below to report.
