: PhpMyAdmin - Cannot login, Either Forgot Password or issue with No Password I have just used phpMyAdmin on my local machine for the first time in about 6 months. I am using localhost:8080.

I have just used phpMyAdmin on my local machine for the first time in about 6 months. I am using localhost:8080. I thought I had no password, however when it asks me to log in I put:

username: root
password: [I leave this blank]

I cannot log in.

I do not think I created a new password 6 months ago, but there is a small possibility I did and have now forgotten about it.

So now I am locked out of my phpMyAdmin.

I have tried the solution here by RiggsFolly:
stackoverflow.com/questions/29070501/regaining-access-to-lost-mysql-password-for-phpmyadmin-on-wamp
But no luck.

I do the following:

Stop the mysql service

wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Stop Service

Edit the my.ini file

wampmanager -> MySQL -> my.ini

Find the wampmysqld64 section in the ini file
Add this line directly after that section heading

skip-grant-tables

Restart the mysql service.

wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Start/Resume Service

Open the MySQL console

wampmanager -> MySQL -> MySQL Console

It asks for the password, but I just tap enter and it seems to skip that.
I then get the MySQL> prompt.

I have version 5.7.9 so I enter the following:

UPDATE mysql.user SET authentication_string=PASSWORD('MyNewPass') WHERE User='root';

Sometimes it gives a warning, but I do not know what.

I should then do the following two commands now, but I get a problem:

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' PASSWORD EXPIRE NEVER;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

It says (after the ALTER USER bit):

ERROR 1290 (HY000): The MySQL server is running with the --skip-grant-tables option so it cannot execute this statement

If I do the obvious thing and stop the service as above and then alter the .ini file again to remove that line. I then restart and retype the ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' PASSWORD EXPIRE NEVER; command. This time it complains saying I should have just done a password change to make this command. (It basically thinks I have not just done the password change as I have had to shut down the system, alter the ini file and then restart in between the commands.)

So I am stuck at this point getting nowhere fast.

If the ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' PASSWORD EXPIRE NEVER; and FLUSH PRIVILEGES; had worked, I would have then have had to continue with the following:

At the console mysql> prompt I would then need to type:

quit;

Then stop the mysql service:

wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Stop Service

Edit the my.ini file

wampmanager -> MySQL -> my.ini

Find the wampmysqld64 section in the ini file
Remove the skip-grant-tables parameter we added earlier.

Restart the mysql service.

wampmanager -> MySQL -> Service -> Start/Resume Service

However, as I am stuck at those two commands with no workaround I remain locked out of phpMyAdmin