How to completely remove an application as well as the configuration files?

[Ashley Benton]

Hi,
I am trying to install apache2, php5, and my sql and I messed up somewhere.
Apache was working but stopped when I tried to use ssl. After hours of
trying to find where I messed up I wanted to remove apache2 and reinstall
it. My problem is sudo apt-get remove apache2 then sudo apt-get install
apache2 reinstall apache 2 like it was and doesn't delete my configuration
files. I tried sudo apt-get purge apache 2 but apache 2 is still here the
way I configured it. What could I do to completely uninstall apache2 and
reinstall it with its original configuration files?
By doing ls -l I found some file like that :"books~" I am guessing that some
files that were saved after a crash but I don't know how to open them. They
should be in my home directory but are not (or at least I can't see them)
How can I open them and delete them? I tried lost+found but it wasn't there
neither.
Your help would be appreciated
Thank you
Meg
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