How to change the MySQL password?

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We can change the MySQL root password using the below statement in the new notepad file and save it with an appropriate name:

ALTER USER ‘root’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘NewPassword’;
Next, open a Command Prompt and navigate to the MySQL directory. Now, copy the following folder and paste it in our DOS command and press the Enter key.

C:\Users\javatpoint> CD C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin
Next, enter this statement to change the password:

mysqld –init-file=C:\\mysql-notepadfile.txt
Finally, we can log into the MySQL server as root using this new password. After launches the MySQL server, it is to delete the C:\myswl-init.txt file to ensure the password change.