Completely remove MySQL

Yum-style installation of MySQL

1. Yum remove MySQL mysql-server mysql-libs compat-mysql51

2, Rm-rf/var/lib/mysql

3, Rm/etc/my.cnf

See if you have MySQL software:
rpm-qa|grep MySQL

If it exists, continue with the deletion.

RPM-style installation of MySQL

a) Check to see if MySQL is installed in the RPM package on the system:

[root@localhost opt]# rpm-qa | grep-i mysql
mysql-server-5.6.17-1.el6.i686
mysql-client-5.6.17-1.el6.i686

b) Uninstall MySQL

[root@localhost local]# rpm-e mysql-server-5.6.17-1.el6.i686
[Root@localhost local]# rpm-e mysql-client-5.6.17-1.el6.i686

c) Delete MySQL service

[root@localhost local]# chkconfig--list | grep-i mysql
[Root@localhost local]# chkconfig--del MySQL

d) Delete the distributed MySQL folder

[[email protected] local]# Whereis MySQL or find/-name mysql

MySQL:/usr/lib/mysql/usr/share/mysql

empty all directories and files related to MySQL
Rm-rf/usr/lib/mysql
Rm-rf/usr/share/mysql

rm-rf/usr/my.cnf

with these steps, MySQL should have been completely uninstalled.

Completely remove MySQL