Remove MySQL completely from Ubuntu

Question

I'm having trouble uninstalling MySQL from Ubuntu. I used the following commands, this does not seem to help, as I still find the MySQL folder in the \ etc directory

1.aptitude remove mysql-client

2.aptitude remove mysql-server

3.aptitude remove mysql-common

Please suggest a good way to completely remove it and any command to verify that the deletion was successful. Thanks!

Answer 1

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-client mysql-server