Default phpMyAdmin Login Credentials I downloaded and installed phpMyAdmin 4.8.5 on my windows. Upon opening it in the browser, it immediately asks for a Username and Password. I tried to submit root for username while leaving the password black. I even try password as password. Unluckily, both didn't work by default.

So I checked the web and I saw this from stackoverlow. Unfortunately, all of the given answers did not work for me and hello no, the thread is already closed.
Here's what I did


Open phpmyadmin directory
You will see config.sample.inc php file
Clone it, but remove the sample from the title
After cloning, open the file config.inc and look for $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false;
Set it to true


By doing this, we are allowing the phpMyAdmin to submit an empty password.

Now, try root as a username and leave the password blank.

Hope this will work for you as well.