Uninstalling Percona Distribution for MySQL¶

To uninstall Percona Distribution for MySQL, stop the mysql service and remove all the installed packages using the package manager of your operating system. Optionally, disable Percona repository.

Note

Should you need the data files later, back up your data before uninstalling Percona Distribution for MySQL.

Uninstall Percona Server-based variantUninstall Percona XtraDB Cluster-based variant

Important

Run all commands as the root user or via sudo

On Debian / UbuntuOn Red Hat Enterprise Linux / derivatives

Stop the mysql service.
```
$ sudo systemctl stop mysql
```
Remove Percona Server for MySQL.
```
$ sudo apt remove percona-server*
```

Remove the components. Use the following commands to remove the required components.

Remove Percona XtraBackup

$ sudo apt remove percona-xtrabackup-84

Remove Percona Toolkit
```
$ sudo apt remove percona-toolkit
```

Remove Orchestrator

$ sudo apt remove percona-orchestrator*

Remove MySQL Shell
```
$ sudo apt remove percona-mysql-shell
```
Remove ProxySQL
```
$ sudo apt remove proxysql2
```
Remove MySQL Router
```
$ sudo apt remove percona-mysql-router
```

Stop the mysql service.
```
$ sudo systemctl stop mysql
```
Remove Percona Server for MySQL.
```
$ sudo yum remove percona-server*
```

Remove the components. Use the commands below to remove the required components.

Remove Percona XtraBackup

$ sudo yum remove percona-xtrabackup-84

Remove Percona Toolkit
```
$ sudo yum remove percona-toolkit
```

Remove Orchestrator

$ sudo yum remove percona-orchestrator*

Remove MySQL Shell
```
$ sudo yum remove percona-mysql-shell
```
Remove ProxySQL
```
$ sudo yum remove proxysql2
```
Remove MySQL Router
```
$ sudo yum remove percona-mysql-router
```

Important

Run all commands as the root user or via sudo

On Debian / UbuntuOn Red Hat Enterprise Linux / derivatives

Stop the mysql service.
```
$ sudo systemctl stop mysql
```

Remove Percona XtraDB Cluster.

$ sudo apt remove percona-xtradb-cluster

Remove the components. Use the commands below to remove the required components.
- Remove Percona XtraBackup
```
$ sudo apt remove percona-xtrabackup-84
```
- Remove Percona Toolkit
```
$ sudo apt remove percona-toolkit
```

Stop the mysql service.
```
$ sudo systemctl stop mysql
```

Remove Percona Server for MySQL.

$ sudo yum remove percona-xtradb-cluster

Remove the components. Use the commands below to remove the required components.
- Remove Percona XtraBackup
```
$ sudo yum remove percona-xtrabackup-84
```
- Remove Percona Toolkit
```
$ sudo yum remove percona-toolkit
```

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