Completely Uninstall MySQL 5.7 on CentOS 7 [Test Successful]

Method 1:

1. Check MySQL installation

rpm -qa|grep -i mysql

2. Stop MySQL service before uninstalling

rpm -ev --nodeps mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch
rpm -ev --nodeps mysql-community-common-5.6.38-2.el7.x86_64
rpm -ev --nodeps mysql-community-client-5.6.38-2.el7.x86_64
rpm -ev --nodeps mysql-community-libs-5.6.38-2.el7.x86_64
rpm -ev --nodeps community-server-5.6.38-2.el7.x86_64

After executing the command, execute again rpm -qa|grep -i mysql to find that it has been uninstalled.

Or directly # yum -y remove mysql

Method 2:

Execute the command

find / -name mysql

Delete the directories found

rm -rf the directories found above

If /etc/my.cnf exists, delete it manually, and MySQL will be completely uninstalled.

[root@node1 ~]# rm -rf /etc/my.cnf

[root@node1 ~]# rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/

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