Mysql default root password windows

I am new to MySQL and am setting up a new instance of MySQL using the Windows Installer and am being prompted for two passwords.

The Current Root Password and the MySQL Root Password.

Is there a standard Current Root Password for new installations?

What is the difference between the two passwords.

asked Nov 26, 2013 at 16:17

If you don’t remember your current root password and want to install new instance of MySQL and you have applied other ways like "-init-file.txt", but still failed.

There is another solution which worked for me. Uninstalling MySQL from control panel didn’t remove all files, it left some references in the system.

To delete MySQL files completely, open the folder path C:\Users\your pc name\AppData\Roaming and delete the MySQL folder.
Then remove one more reference which is in C:\ProgramData\MySQL, if not visible check your folder view options and uncheck «Don’t show hidden files».
The last reference of MySQL exists in our system services:

Type «Services» in the search box of the taskbar. Find services related to MySQL and note them down. I have two in my case(MySQLRouter and MYSQL80).

Open the command prompt with administrator and type:

sc delete "ServiceName",

In my case:

sc delete MySQL80

sc delete MySQLRouter

Ensure all services related to MySQL are removed by using the above command. Restart your computer and install your MySQL instance with a new configuration.

The standard password for user root is simply: password

Each user had its own password. So a password must belong to a user. So the only difference of password are just what they contain.

root is AFAIK the only user created upon installation. Did you create a new user after installation?

answered Nov 26, 2013 at 16:44

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issue:- new mysql installation steps asks for current root password when it ideally should be prompting set new password option.

solution :-Issue could be due to existence of a previous unsuccessful mysql installation, leaving behind contents even after uninstalling.(at c:mysql,c:/ program files/mysql,c:/program data/mysql )
In my case they required manual deletion;after which new installation of mysql went on smooth .
(had to msconfig too, to handle unending windows hanging sometime during the process.)

answered Jun 24, 2020 at 8:16

Sneh Sneh

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The community wiki has an excellent guide on the steps that one needs to follow.

Please note that uninstalling MySQL from the installer gives the option to remove all data as well, which by default is unselected.

Check the box and then uninstall MySQL.

After that, follow the guidelines in the community wiki.

answered May 13, 2020 at 11:34

Uninstall mysql all setup fully
Delete all files related to MySQL
From program files, program files x86:

C>username>appdata_>Roaming>mysql

After that install mysql

Walid

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answered Jul 14, 2020 at 14:15

Try switching to root user using su or sudo -i, if possible, then use password as password.

answered Jan 23, 2021 at 13:31

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When installing MySQL, you may noticed that it does not ask for a password. This become troublesome when you want to connect your application to MySQL database. In this article, I will show you on how to find MySQL default password.

Well, straight forward, by default the username is root and there is no password setup. You may need to reset the root password.

Also, in case you have accidently put a password during installation process and can’t recall the password, you need to reset the password.

There is no way to view the password as it’s already written as hashed.

How To Reset MySQL Default Password

Windows OS

1. Ensure that your logged on account has administrator rights.

2. On the windows search box, search for services.msc and click to open.

3. Scroll down to all services with its status. Find MySQL services, right-click on it and click stop services.

4. Create a text file which contains the SQL statement in a single line as below:

ALTER USER ‘root’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘MyNewPass’;

Change MyNewPass to your new desired password.

5. Save it to a text file. For example, save it as C:\new-password.txt.

6. On the windows search box, search for cmd and click Run as administrator.

7. Start the MySQL with init_file system variable set to text file name created as below:

C:\> cd “C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin”
C:\> mysqld –init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt

You may replace your MySQL installation location after cd command.

Linux

1. Open terminal.

2. Stop MySQL server.

sudo service mysql stop

sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop

3. Start MySQL in safe mode.

sudo mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables

4. Open another terminal and login as root by run below command.

mysql -u root

3. Once MySQL is logged in via terminal, run below queries.

UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD(‘password’) WHERE User=’root’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

which be looks like:

mysql>UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD(‘password’) WHERE User=’root’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

(Note: In MySQL 5.7, the password field in mysql.user table field was removed, now the field name is ‘authentication_string’.)

If you are using MySQL 5.7 and above you need to run command as below:

mysql>
use mysql;
mysql>update user set authentication_string=password(‘password’) where user=’root’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

4. Now, you can exit MySQL safe mode.

mysqladmin shutdown

If you received error ‘access denied’ you can run below command with the new password:

mysqladmin -u root -p shutdown

5. Start MySQL service again by run below command.

sudo service mysql start

What If Still Failed To Reset MySQL Default Password?

If by using ALTER USER still not able to reset password, you may try to modify the user table directly by repeating the steps above and run below query:

UPDATE mysql.user
SET authentication_string = PASSWORD(‘MyNewPass’), password_expired = ‘N’
WHERE User = ‘root’ AND Host = ‘localhost’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Thanks for reading this article. I hope you find it helpful.

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MySql
• 21-Apr-2020

by DbSchema Team

The default user for MySQL is __root` and by default it has no password.

If you set a password for MySQL and you can’t recall it, you can always reset it and choose another one.

Windows

Make sure that MySQL Server is not running. Open Task Manager, search for the MySQL process and force stop it.
Create a new text file that will contain the statement below:
```
 SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('new_password');
```
Replace the password with the new one
Save the file with the __mysql-init name in __C:. The path should look like this:
```
 C:\mysql-init.txt
```
Open the Start menu, enter Run then write cmd to open the command prompt
Go to the MySQL server __bin` folder
```
 cd "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin"
```
If you installed MySQL with a different path, adjust the __cd`

Run it with the __mysql-init` file

 mysqld --init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt

If MySQL was installed using the Wizard, add the defaults file command:

 mysqld
       --defaults-file="C:\\ProgramData\\MySQL\\MySQL Server 5.6\\my.ini"
       --init-file=C:\\mysql-init.txt

After MySQL server started, delete the __mysql-init` file.

General

Alternatively, you can use a more general method that works on every system, but it’s less safe.

Stop MySQL

Restart it with the __–skip-grant-tables` option

 sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &

Connect to MySQL server using the mysql client
```
 mysql -u root
```
Reload all grant tables by executing:
```
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
```

Set the new password for your account:

 SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('new_password');

Stop the server and restart it normally. Now you should be able to connect using the __root` username and your new password.

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I am new to MySQL and am setting up a new instance of MySQL using the Windows Installer and am being prompted for two passwords.

The Current Root Password and the MySQL Root Password.

Is there a standard Current Root Password for new installations?

What is the difference between the two passwords.

asked Nov 26, 2013 at 16:17

If you don’t remember your current root password and want to install new instance of MySQL and you have applied other ways like "-init-file.txt", but still failed.

There is another solution which worked for me. Uninstalling MySQL from control panel didn’t remove all files, it left some references in the system.

To delete MySQL files completely, open the folder path C:\Users\your pc name\AppData\Roaming and delete the MySQL folder.
Then remove one more reference which is in C:\ProgramData\MySQL, if not visible check your folder view options and uncheck «Don’t show hidden files».
The last reference of MySQL exists in our system services:

Type «Services» in the search box of the taskbar. Find services related to MySQL and note them down. I have two in my case(MySQLRouter and MYSQL80).

Open the command prompt with administrator and type:

sc delete "ServiceName",

In my case:

sc delete MySQL80

sc delete MySQLRouter

Ensure all services related to MySQL are removed by using the above command. Restart your computer and install your MySQL instance with a new configuration.

The standard password for user root is simply: password

Each user had its own password. So a password must belong to a user. So the only difference of password are just what they contain.

root is AFAIK the only user created upon installation. Did you create a new user after installation?

answered Nov 26, 2013 at 16:44

Mad Dog TannenMad Dog Tannen

7,1495 gold badges31 silver badges55 bronze badges

issue:- new mysql installation steps asks for current root password when it ideally should be prompting set new password option.

answered Jun 24, 2020 at 8:16

Sneh Sneh

611 silver badge1 bronze badge

The community wiki has an excellent guide on the steps that one needs to follow.

Please note that uninstalling MySQL from the installer gives the option to remove all data as well, which by default is unselected.

Check the box and then uninstall MySQL.

After that, follow the guidelines in the community wiki.

answered May 13, 2020 at 11:34

Uninstall mysql all setup fully
Delete all files related to MySQL
From program files, program files x86:

C>username>appdata_>Roaming>mysql

After that install mysql

Walid

7002 gold badges10 silver badges29 bronze badges

answered Jul 14, 2020 at 14:15

Try switching to root user using su or sudo -i, if possible, then use password as password.

answered Jan 23, 2021 at 13:31

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In MySQL, by default, the username is root and there’s no password.

If during the installation process, you accidentally put a password in and don’t remember, here is how to reset the password:

Stop the MySQL server if it is running, then restart it with the –skip-grant-tables option.

sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking &

It allows you to connect without a password and with all privileges and disables account-management statements such as ALTER USER and SET PASSWORD, which will be used later on to reset password. --skip-networking is enabled to automatically to prevent remote connections since it’s very insecure.

Then connect to the MySQL Server using the mysql client:

Then run this command to reload the grant tables:

Now you can be able to set a new password for the root account:

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password';

It’s done, stop the server and restart it normally. Now you can connect to the MySQL Server with the new password.

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