How to Set a phpMyAdmin Password in XAMPP | Secure Your MySQL Database
Want to protect your phpMyAdmin and MySQL database with a password? In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to create and set a phpMyAdmin (MySQL) root password in XAMPP to secure your local database from unauthorized access.
✅ In this video, you’ll learn:
▶Why you need a phpMyAdmin password
▶Open phpMyAdmin and navigate to “User Accounts”
▶Set a new root password securely
▶Update config.inc.php in XAMPP
▶Restart Apache & MySQL
▶Login with new phpMyAdmin password
💡 Works for Windows, macOS, and Linux users using XAMPP, WAMP, or Laragon.
This tutorial helps you fix:
→“Access denied for user ‘root’@‘localhost’”
→“Cannot log in to phpMyAdmin”
→“MySQL password not set”
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→How to Reset phpMyAdmin Password
→Fix phpMyAdmin Error #1045
→How to Secure MySQL Database
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