How to remove MySQL completely on CentOS

Step 1: List the mysql rpm which is installed on server

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep mysql
mysql-5.0.95-5.el5_9
mysql-server-5.0.95-5.el5_9

Step 2: Remove Mysql

[root@localhost ~]# yum remove mysql-5.0.95-5.el5_9

Step 3: Search for Mysql Related Files on server

[root@localhost ~]# find / -iname '*mysql*'

Step 4: Remove all mysql related files

[root@localhost ~]# find / -iname ‘*mysql*’ -exec rm -rf {} \;

Step 5: Remove this folder

[root@localhost ~]# rm -rf /var/lib/mysql

Complete!