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

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

brew services list

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

brew services stop mysql@5.5

Answer 2

On OS X El Capitan, this worked for me:

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