Steps to manually uninstall mysql from Mac OS X

  1. Execute the following commands in terminal
    sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
    sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
    sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
    sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
    sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
    sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
  2. Update hostConfig
    • Open /etc/hostconfig
    • Remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-

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