{"id":6429,"date":"2025-11-24T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=4292"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:32:05","slug":"change-a-database-user-password-in-directadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/change-a-database-user-password-in-directadmin","title":{"rendered":"How to change a database user password in DirectAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sometimes you need to change a database user password in DirectAdmin due to a compromised password, lost password, and many more reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in this article, we will learn how to change a database user password in DirectAdmin control panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"steps-to-change-a-database-user-password-in-directadmin\"><strong>Steps to change a database user password in DirectAdmin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Log in to your DirectAdmin Account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>2.<\/strong>&nbsp;In the&nbsp;<strong>Account Manager<\/strong>&nbsp;section, click on the&nbsp;<strong>MySQL Management<\/strong>&nbsp;icon or type&nbsp;<strong>MySQL Management<\/strong>&nbsp;in the navigation filter box, and then the option will appear. Click on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1065\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/database-in-directadmin.png\" alt=\"database in directadmin\" class=\"wp-image-4294\" style=\"width:737px;height:399px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/database-in-directadmin.png 1065w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/database-in-directadmin-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/database-in-directadmin-810x440.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>3.<\/strong>&nbsp;Click on the database&nbsp;name you wish to change the password from the list to change its password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1423\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/mysql-management-directadmin.png\" alt=\"mysql management directadmin\" class=\"wp-image-4296\" style=\"width:745px;height:192px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/mysql-management-directadmin.png 1423w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/mysql-management-directadmin-768x199.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/mysql-management-directadmin-810x210.png 810w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/mysql-management-directadmin-1140x296.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>4.<\/strong> Click the&nbsp;<strong>Change Password<\/strong>&nbsp;option as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1423\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/change-password.png\" alt=\"change password\" class=\"wp-image-4297\" style=\"width:745px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/change-password.png 1423w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/change-password-768x258.png 768w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/change-password-810x272.png 810w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/change-password-1140x383.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Enter or generate your new password in the&nbsp;<strong>Password<\/strong>&nbsp;field of the <strong>CHANGE PASSWORD<\/strong>&nbsp;pop-up and click&nbsp;<strong>CHANGE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/change-a-database-user-password-in-DirectAdmin.png\" alt=\"change a database user password in DirectAdmin\" class=\"wp-image-4299\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> A notification pop-wp from DirectAdmin updated details and your new password for the database will be displayed as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/db_pass_alert_da_min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4305\" style=\"width:709px;height:238px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/db_pass_alert_da_min.jpg 907w, https:\/\/www.youstable.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/db_pass_alert_da_min-768x258.jpg 768w, 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