To change the password in XAMPP, you need to follow these steps:
- Open the XAMPP control panel.
- Stop the Apache and MySQL services by clicking the “Stop” button for each.
- Open a web browser and enter the following URL: http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
- This will open the phpMyAdmin interface.
Click on the “User accounts” tab.
- Locate the user account for which you want to change the password and click on the “Edit privileges” link for that account.
- On the user privileges page, scroll down to the “Change password” section.
- Enter the new password in the “Password” field.Select the appropriate option from the drop-down menu next to the password field (e.g., “Password has been changed”).
- Click on the “Go” button at the bottom to save the changes.
Restart the Apache and MySQL services in the XAMPP control panel by clicking the “Start” button for each.
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