How to delete MySQL in Linux?

2 years ago
Liam
1 minute

To remove MySQL, you can follow these steps:

  1. Ensure that you have administrator privileges or root permissions.
  2. Stop the MySQL service. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo service mysql stop
  1. Uninstall the MySQL software package. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server-core-* mysql-client-core-*

This will uninstall the MySQL software package along with its configuration and data files.

  1. Delete MySQL related files. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql /var/lib/mysql

This will delete the configuration files and data files for MySQL.

  1. Delete MySQL users and groups. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo deluser mysql
sudo delgroup mysql

This will delete MySQL users and groups.

After completing the steps above, your system will no longer have MySQL. Please note that this will delete all MySQL data and configuration files, so be sure to back up any data you need to keep.

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