Removing MySQL 5 7 Completely

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I am trying to uninstall mysql from my ubuntu 12 04 completely  But not able to   I tried a lot of commands  But nothing is working  Can anyone help out here   sudo apt-get remove mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common sudo apt-get autoremove   I am not able to understand what to do  I want to remove everything regarding MySQL  Whenever I am trying to locate it  I am getting that   I want everything to be removed  mysql-server  mysql-client  mysql-libraries and even configuration   Please help me

User · Answer

You need to remove the  var lib mysql folder  Also  purge when you remove the packages  I m told this helps    sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common  sudo rm -rf  var lib mysql  I was encountering similar issues  The second line got rid of my issues and allowed me to set up MySql from scratch  Hopefully it helps you too

User · Answer

Run these commands in the terminal   sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common  sudo apt-get autoremove  sudo apt-get autoclean   Run these commands separately as each command requires confirmation  amp  if run as a block  the command below the one currently running will cancel the confirmation  leading to the command not being run    Please refer to How do I uninstall Mysql

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First of all  do a backup of your needed databases with mysqldump      Note  If you want to restore later  just backup your relevant databases  and not the WHOLE  because the whole database might actually be the reason you need to purge and reinstall     In total  do this   sudo service mysql stop   or mysqld sudo killall -9 mysql sudo killall -9 mysqld sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get autoclean sudo deluser -f mysql sudo rm -rf  var lib mysql sudo apt-get purge mysql-server-core-5 7 sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5 7 sudo rm -rf  var log mysql sudo rm -rf  etc mysql   All above commands in single line  just copy and paste    sudo service mysql stop  amp  amp  sudo killall -9 mysql  amp  amp  sudo killall -9 mysqld  amp  amp  sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common  amp  amp  sudo apt-get autoremove  amp  amp  sudo apt-get autoclean  amp  amp  sudo deluser mysql  amp  amp  sudo rm -rf  var lib mysql  amp  amp  sudo apt-get purge mysql-server-core-5 7  amp  amp  sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5 7  amp  amp  sudo rm -rf  var log mysql  amp  amp  sudo rm -rf  etc mysql

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