Remove MySQL completely

  • If uninstall mysql from os x yosemite(10.10): “/etc/hostconfig” file does not exist. 
    $ sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
$ sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*
  1. Open the Terminal
  2. Use mysqldump to backup your databases
  3. Check for MySQL processes with: ps -ax | grep mysql
  4. Stop and kill any MySQL processes
  5. Analyze MySQL on HomeBrew: 
    brew remove mysql
brew cleanup
  6. Remove files: 
    sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
  7. Unload previous MySQL Auto-Login: 
    launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
  8. Remove previous MySQL Configuration: 
    subl /etc/hostconfig` 
# Remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
  9. Remove previous MySQL Preferences: 
    rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*
  10. Restart your computer just to ensure any MySQL processes are killed
  11. Try to run mysql, it shouldn’t work

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