Table of contents
  1. How to uninstall Nginx
  2. Install Nginx in Ubuntu

How to uninstall Nginx

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

Install Nginx in Ubuntu

After installing the Nginx following the guidline, you need to start the nginx server using the following command line.

sudo systemctl start nginx