Windows MySQL forgot password how to reset

when you forget the root password, you can

1. Close the running MySQL service.
2. Open the DOS window and go to the Mysql\bin directory.
3. Enter Mysqld--skip-grant-tables carriage return. --skip-grant-tables means skipping permission table authentication when starting the MySQL service.
4. Open a DOS window again (because the DOS window is no longer moving), go to the Mysql\bin directory.
5. Enter MySQL return and, if successful, the MySQL prompt > will appear.
6. Connection rights database: use MySQL;.
6. Change Password: Update user set Password=password ("123") where user= "root"; (don't forget the last semicolon).
7. Refresh permissions (required steps): flush privileges;.
8. Quit quit.

9. Log out of the system and then enter, using the username root and the new password you just set 123 to log in.

Windows MySQL forgot password how to reset