Uninstall Postgres
$ sudo apt-get --purge remove postgresql
Now check what other postgres packages are installed
dpkg -l | grep postgres
This will list any other packages still installed, which can be removed using this command where {package name} is the package still installed
sudo apt-get --purge remove {package name}
Now delete all remaining remnants
$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/postgresql/
$ sudo rm -rf /var/log/postgresql/
$ sudo rm -rf /etc/postgresql/
$ sudo deluser postgres
$ sudo delgroup postgres