Complete uninstall/removal of MySQL

Simply uninstalling MySQL using the Windows standard Programs and Features->Uninstall is not enough if you want to completely remove MySQL from the machine.

Here are the steps required:

• Uninstall MySQL using the standard Windows program uninstaller
• Delete C:\Program Files\MySQL
• Delete C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL
• Delete C:\ProgramData\MySQL
• Delete from any Users' AppData folders. Example: C:\Users\rdoverby\AppData\Roaming\MySQL
• Reinstall MySQL