Downgrading is the reverse process of up-gradation, where we will move from a higher version of MySQL to a lower version of MySQL. In this section, we cover how to downgrade from MySQL 8 to MySQL 5.7. A downgrade that does not support a version skip means that downgrading from MySQL 8 to MySQL 5.6 is not supported. Within the same series where a version skip is supported means you can downgrade from MySQL 8.z to MySQL 8.x by skipping the MySQL 8.y version. First, we will explain some basic points that need to be understood before starting downgrading.
MySQL 8 downgrading
Downgrading methods
An in-place downgrade means shutting down the new version of MySQL 8, replacing its binaries or packages with the old version of MySQL...
