Quit MySQL without it restarting on El Capitan

What finally worked for me was stopping MySQL through the Mac System Preferences interface. That killed mysql without it coming back.

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If you used homebrew to install mysql, mysqld will keep on restarting unless you use following brew command:

brew services list

brew services list output

Get the name of service to stop and then run the following command:

brew services stop [email protected]

On OS X El Capitan, this worked for me:

sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist

On macOS Sierra, this worked for me

Stop MySQL:

launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

Start MySQL:

launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

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