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Uninstall or Remove MySQL from Ubuntu
# Make sure MySQL is not running
sudo systemctl stop mysql
# Then purge all of the MySQL packages
sudo apt purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server-core-* mysql-client-core-*
# Then delete all of the MySQL files
sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql /var/lib/mysql /var/log/mysql
# Finally clean all packages that are not needed:
# List item
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt autoclean
# Remove history if needed
rm ~/.mysql_history
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