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

this stopped mysql for me on Mac Sierra

sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.mysql@5.7.plist