MySQL Workbench is a unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. MySQL Workbench provides data modeling, SQL development, and comprehensive administration tools for server configuration, user administration, backup, and much more. MySQL Workbench is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. if you are searching for the best solution to remove MySQL Workbench, then you’ve been the right place, read more to completely uninstall MySQL from macOS.
To uninstall MySQL Workbench for Mac OS X, easily use the traditional solution by drag & drop in Applications folder to remove MySQL Workbench.
Do this to remove MySQL Workbench:
Quit Kindle from Dock Bar:
Or use Commend+ Q:
Or Launch Force Quit Window:
Negative Activity Monitor:
/Library/Preferences/
/Library/Application Support/
/Library/Caches/
/Library/Cookies
/Library/Logs
/Library/Saved Application State
/Library/C
If you think this is difficult to finish, then try Terminal window.
To uninstall MySQL and completely remove it (including all databases) from your Mac do the following:
rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist
edit /etc/hostconfig and remove the line MYSQLCOM=-YES-
If you want a much easier solution to completely remove MySQL Workbench, then try third party removal tool—Osx remover to easily get rid of unwanted applications.
Osx uninstaller is quite a Quick & Efficient removal tool in daily using of macOS, it will only take couple of minutes to deal with the unwanted targets when it has to be. Only in couple of clicks, it remove MySQL Workbench with all leftovers in a minute, follow the instruction to easily get rid of MySQL Workbench for Mac.
Do this to remove MySQL Workbench:
Quit Kindle from Dock Bar:
Or use Commend+ Q:
Or Launch Force Quit Window:
Negative Activity Monitor:
More details to completely & safely remove MySQL Workbench, please watch this video:
Have you forgotten your Mac OS X ‘ROOT’ password and need to reset it? Follow these 4 simple steps to easily solve this problem:
1. Stop the mysqld server.
Typically this can be done by from ‘System Prefrences‘ > MySQL > ‘Stop MySQL Server‘
2. Start the server in safe mode with privilege bypass
From a terminal:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables
3. In a new terminal window:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘NewPassword’) WHERE User=’root’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
\q
4. Stop the mysqld server again and restart it in normal mode.
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