How to completely remove MySQL from Windows?
- by Nathan Long
(I realize there are similarly-titled questions, but this one is really 'how do I reset the password', and this one doesn't specify an OS and has only gotten Linux-oriented answers.)
On Windows XP, I just uninstalled MySQL and deleted the folder that it was installed in. I then rebooted and reinstalled MySQL.
When it comes back up, it still has the databases it had before the uninstall.
Where did it keep that database info? How do I completely remove MySQL and start over, as if I'd never installed it?