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Uninstall Percona Server for MySQL

To completely uninstall Percona Server for MySQL, remove all the installed packages and data files.

  1. Stop the Percona Server for MySQL service:

    sudo service mysql stop

  2. Remove the packages:

    sudo yum remove percona-server*

  3. Remove the data and configuration files:

    Warning

    This step removes all the packages and deletes all the data files (databases, tables, logs, etc.). Take a backup before this operation in case you need the data.

    rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
rm -f /etc/my.cnf