How to Uninstall/Clean MySQL from Windows completely

Yesterday, I was installing MySQL in my PC running Windows 7 x64 and suddenly the installation meshed up while configuring post installation settings. I tried to uninstall/re-install it again but couldn’t get success.

Finally I decided to get rid of MySQL manually and followed these steps to uninstall MySQL from Windows completely.

NOTE: The method will remove all database and instances of MySQL, so if you want to save your existing databases, take backup before going through the steps.
How To:

Run Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the following command to stop and remove MySQL service.

Net stop MySQL
Sc delete MySQL

Go to Control Panel >> Programs >> Programs and Features, select MySQL Server 5.x and click Uninstall. (If you can uninstall MySQL from Control Panel)
Open Windows Explorer and go to Organize > Folder and search options, Select the “View” tab and under “Hidden files and Folders” choose “Show hidden files and folders”. Now explore the following locations and delete following folders.

C:\Program Files\MySQL
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL
C:\ProgramData\MySQL
And if exists, delete it too
C:\Users\[User-Name]\AppData\Roaming\MySQL

Restart your PC and reinstall MySQL. That’s all!

Applies To:

Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows Vista

8 responses to “How to Uninstall/Clean MySQL from Windows completely”

Moyin

2020-06-29

i’m trying on windows 2012 R2, its not working. i don’t find anything in these mentioned paths,
C:\Program Files\MySQL
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL
C:\ProgramData\MySQL
And if exists, delete it too
C:\Users\[User-Name]\AppData\Roaming\MySQL

don’t know how to fix this.

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Ricardo

2020-06-03

Thank you so much!!!

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Nupur Dhawan

2015-08-11

Thanks alot !! u saved me

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sajjad

2013-05-22

thanks it is very simple solution and its working fine. great

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Disque

2013-03-18

It worked for my laptop with windows 7 64 bits, thanks!

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chahrazed

2012-10-02

I have windows Xp SP2, it’s does’nt work!!!

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Fatima Clemene Vergabera

2012-08-02

I risked changing the password, but I ended up uninstalling it. This post really helped me. Thanks a lot bro! Keep it up!

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Sheri

2012-04-13

thank you so much. I struggled for two days to figure out what’s going wrong during uninstall. thank you

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Windows Valley

How to Uninstall/Clean MySQL from Windows completely

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