Uninstall Percona Server for MySQL¶

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

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

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Last update: 2023-10-04