How to change phpmyadmin password on windows.

To change phpmyadmin password follow the below steps.

Open phpmyadmin and click on the "user accounts".

Then click on "Edit Privileges" and set the password for user you want then click on "Go"

Now open "C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php" file and edit as below


Find "$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';"

Replace it with "$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'console';"


Now save changes and open "localhost\phpmyadmin". It will ask for username and password that you have set in phpmyadmin for your usenrame.

Enter the username and password and you will start accessing phpmyadmin with username and password.

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