The answers to related questions forget to:
- remove the MySQL databases
- remove the
mysql
user - remove the logs in
/var/log
How do I uninstall MySQL completely?
MySQLuninstall
The answers to related questions forget to:
mysql
user/var/log
How do I uninstall MySQL completely?
Best Answer
Building off of another answer, open a terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the following:
If you want to delete the log of what you did while using the
mysql
client:If you want to delete the logs of what all users on the system did while using the
mysql
client (the other users might be unhappy with this):or for all logs including those outside of existing user home directories: