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title: Accessing PHPMyAdmin
description: "PHPMyAdmin provides an interface to manage your database(s). ## cPanel PHPMyAdmin can be accessed directly via cPanel. To do this, click the PHPMyAdmin link: ![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-1.png) **WordPress** Each WordPress install will have it's own database. To locate and access PHPMyAdmin for…"
url: "https://know.cynderhost.com/docs/accessing-phpmyadmin/"
updated: "2021-11-14"
category: cPanel
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# Accessing PHPMyAdmin

PHPMyAdmin provides an interface to manage your database(s).

## cPanel

PHPMyAdmin can be accessed directly via cPanel. To do this, click the PHPMyAdmin link:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-1.png)

**WordPress**

Each WordPress install will have it's own database. To locate and access PHPMyAdmin for just one WordPress install, click the WordPress Manager by Softaculous option:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-4.png)

Click the WordPress install you want to access and locate the View Database button:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-5.png)

Note: If this throws a "user denied" error, copy the database name from this screen (expand the "Database Details" section):

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-9.png)

Then open PHPMyAdmin using cPanel as described above, and find the database with the database name you just copied.

## Plesk

To access PHPMyAdmin on Plesk/our high performance platform, located the "Databases" link in the left sidebar:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-2.png)

Then, click PHPMyAdmin for the database you want to access:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-3.png)

**WordPress**

Each WordPress install will have it's own database. To locate and access PHPMyAdmin for just one WordPress install, click the WordPress link in the left sidebar:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-6.png)

Click on the site who's database you want to access, and then find the Database tab:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-7.png)

Click the "Open PHPMyAdmin" link:

![](https://know.cynderhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/image-8.png)