Uninstall MySQL from macOS

Question

Trying to unistall MySQL completely but can see 'grep mysql' process after reboot. Can not kill that process its changing PID. Any suggestions?

How it was installed? Using downloaded .pkg file or using brew!!! — Vin.AI, Aug 20 '18 at 05:47
1. Install latest version MySQL with brew 2. Unistall it with brew 3. Download 5.7 MySQL as .dmg file and installed it — zzheads, Aug 20 '18 at 05:49
Then answer given by @Damian Dziaduch will work! Check more info `brew info mysql` — Vin.AI, Aug 20 '18 at 05:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 20 '18 at 05:39

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To stop the services you can use one of these:

Then you can uninstall it with brew uninstall mysql. But database files will remain, so to clear them just do rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql

Cheers.

answered Aug 20 '18 at 05:39

Damian Dziaduch

Already removed /usr/local/var/mysql, brew said theres no service "mysql" started, and can't run mysql.server, because it was deleted – zzheads Aug 20 '18 at 05:42
@zzheads what about reboot? – Damian Dziaduch Aug 21 '18 at 08:24
Did it for sure ) – zzheads Aug 21 '18 at 08:34
@zzheads that is creepy. What if you create a new user on mac? Will it have mysql process also? Maybe try to find what is starting the process. I am pretty sure that this has an answer on StackOverFlow already ;) – Damian Dziaduch Aug 21 '18 at 10:13
Made different user, logged him: 8718 ttys003 0:00.00 grep mysql – zzheads Aug 21 '18 at 13:12
Same process as under admin – zzheads Aug 21 '18 at 13:13

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