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PBlaster answered on August 4, 2020 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 10/10

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# 1\ check and stop the service
sudo systemctl status mysql 
# if active execute:
sudo systemctl stop mysql 

# 2\ remove the packages
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql\*
# mysql will have traces to mariadb. if you are not using it execute:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mariadb\*

# 3\ clean remaining traces
# clean the package repo
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

# clean user's data/confs
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql #or: sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_old_backup
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql #or: sudo mv /etc/mysql /etc/mysql_old_backup

# clean shell references 
# (if you execute the commands on 4\ you still see old references)
updatedb

# 4\ verify removal
dpkg -l | grep -i mysql 
locate mysql #you still can see references to mysql, but they are from other programs/shared stuff....

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$ sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common -y
$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
$ sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
# Delete all MySQL files on your server: 
$ sudo find / -iname 'mysql*' -exec rm -rf {} \;

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sudo systemctl stop mysql

sudo apt-get purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server-core-* mysql-client-core-*

sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql /var/lib/mysql

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$ sudo apt purge mysql-server*

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# 1\ check and stop the service
sudo systemctl status mysql 
# if active execute:
sudo systemctl stop mysql 

# 2\ remove the packages
sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql\*
# mysql will have traces to mariadb. if you are not using it execute:
sudo apt-get remove --purge mariadb\*

# 3\ clean remaining traces
# clean the package repo
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

# clean user's data/confs
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql #or: sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql_old_backup
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql #or: sudo mv /etc/mysql /etc/mysql_old_backup

# clean shell references 
# (if you execute the commands on 4\ you still see old references)
updatedb

# 4\ verify removal
dpkg -l | grep -i mysql 
locate mysql #you still can see references to mysql, but they are from other programs/shared stuff....

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Tags: mysql mysq

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$ sudo systemctl stop mysql
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common -y
$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
$ sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql /var/lib/mysql

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sudo apt-get remove --purge *mysql\*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

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sudo systemctl stop mysql

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server-core-* mysql-client-core-*

sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql /var/lib/mysql

sudo deluser mysql
sudo delgroup mysql

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mysql.list

sudo apt-get update

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apt-get --purge remove "mysql*"

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sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common

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