There is good advice by Rob Allen at http://akrabat.com/computing/uninstalling-mysql-on-mac-os-x-leopard/ for the Mac
To uninstall MySQL and completely remove it (including all databases) from your Mac do the following: * Use mysqldump to backup your databases to text files! * Stop the database server * sudo rm /usr/local/mysql * sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql* * sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM * sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My* * edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES- * rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My* * sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql* * sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL* * sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql* Perhaps it will work with Windows, mutatis mutandis On 11/19/11 12:29 AM, "AndrewMcHorney" <andrewmchor...@cox.net> wrote: >Hello > >I want to completely reinstall my sql server due to prior install >issues. How can you uninstall the MySql service? I am running under >window 7. > >Andrew > > >-- >MySQL General Mailing List >For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >To unsubscribe: >http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=martin.muel...@mac.com > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
