Quit MySQL without it restarting on El Capitan

Question

I\'m running OS X 10.11 El Capitan with its built-in server stack (Apache 2.4.16, MySQL 5.6.26).

I need to quit mysql, but killing the process immediately restarts i

Answer 1

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