Take a backup of the databases before removing mysql
[code language="bash"] rm /usr/local/mysql rm -rf /usr/local/mysql* rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My* rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My* rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql* rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL* rm -rf /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql* rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.* [/code]