How to get back Lost phpMyAdmin Password, XAMPP

Question

I have a local host running on XAMPP on a Mac. At some point I set a password in phpMyAdmin which I've ow forgotten. Can anyone help me get back into phpMyAdmin? I've followed a ton of tutorials but they all either don't work or refer to some file that doesn't seem to be on my computer. Is there an easy way?

When I try to open:

http://localhost 

I get:

The Server http://localhost:80 requires a username and password

Answer 1

You want to edit this file: "\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php"

change this line:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'WhateverPassword';

to whatever your password is. If you don't remember your password, then run this command in the Shell:

mysqladmin.exe -u root password WhateverPassword

where 'WhateverPassword' is your new password.

Answer 2

There is a batch file called resetroot.bat located in the xammp folders 'C:\xampp\mysql' run this and it will delete the phpmyadmin passwords. Then all you need to do is start the MySQL service in xamp and click the admin button.