Completely uninstall MySQL database in Windows system to reinstall MySQL

1. In the control panel, uninstall all components of MySQL

Control Panel -> All Control Panel Items -> Programs and Features, uninstall all programs related to MySQL

2. Find your MySQL installation path and see if there are any folders related to MySQL. Delete them all.

If it is installed on the C drive, check the two folders C:\Program Files (x86) and C:\Program Files

3. Delete the MySQL registry

Enter "C:\Windows\regedit.exe" in the file explorer and the registry will pop up.

Delete the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Eventlog\Application\MySQL folder

If you can find the following content, delete it

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\Eventlog\Application\MySQL
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\MySQL

4. Paste the following red part into the address bar of the file explorer (this is a hidden folder)

C:\ProgramData\MySQL

Delete all contents in this folder

5. Restart your computer

6. Tips:

If the above steps do not work, try the following steps:

1. Check if there are any MySQL-related programs running, find them in the Task Manager, and then end the task

2. Try 360 file shredding to see if it can be shredded

3. Enter safe mode and delete

You're done!

Now you can reinstall MySQL.

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