Un-Installing MySQL

A tutorial example on how to un-install MySQL on a Windows system using MySQL Installer.

If we want to uninstall MySQL Server and related programs, you can use the MySQL Installer with these steps:

1. Find the MySQL Installer package you have downloaded and used to install MySQL Server in the \temp folder.

2. Double-click on \temp\mysql-installer-community-8.0.16.0.msi. MySQL Installer window shows up.

3. Select each MySQL program and click the "Remove" button to start the un-installation process.

4. Follow instructions on the screen to finish the un-installation process.

5. Restart Windows system.

All MySQL programs are uninstalled from Windows system now. You can also remove the folder C:\Program Files\MySQL, if you want.

You can also go to "Control Panel > Uninstall a program", and uninstall each MySQL program manually.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of SQL

MySQL Introduction and Installation

 What Is MySQL

 Downloading and Installing MySQL

 Issues during MySQL Installation

 Starting and Stopping MySQL Server

Un-Installing MySQL

 MySQL Command Line Client Tool

 What Is MySQL Shell

 What Is MySQL Workbench

 Using MySQL Non-Install Package

 MySQL Data Directory Initialization

 Creating MySQL Windows Service

 %mysql% Variable for MySQL Server Path

 Introduction of MySQL Programs

 PHP Programs and MySQL Server

 Perl Programs and MySQL Servers

 Java Programs and MySQL Servers

 Datatypes and Data Literals

 Operations and Expressions

 Character Strings and Bit Strings

 Commonly Used Functions

 Table Column Types for Different Types of Values

 Using DDL to Create Tables and Indexes

 Using DML to Insert, Update and Delete Records

 Using SELECT to Query Database

 Window Functions for Statistical Analysis

 Use Index for Better Performance

 Transaction Management and Isolation Levels

 Locks Used in MySQL

 Defining and Calling Stored Procedures

 Variables, Loops and Cursors Used in Stored Procedures

 System, User-Defined and Stored Procedure Variables

 MySQL Server Administration

 Storage Engines in MySQL Server

 InnoDB Storage Engine - Primary and Secondary Indexes

 Performance Tuning and Optimization

 Bulk Changes on Large Tables

 MySQL Server on macOS

 Installing MySQL Server on Linux

 Connection, Performance and Second Instance on Linux

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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