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# Managing your MySQL databases in Enhance

Enhance provides full MySQL database management for your websites, including phpMyAdmin access.

## Creating a database

1. Log in to your Enhance control panel.
2. Select the website you want to manage.
3. In the left sidebar, click **Databases**.
4. Click **Add database**.
5. Enter a database name, and create a database user with a strong password.
6. Click **Add**.

Make a note of the database name, username, and password — applications like WordPress will ask for these during installation.

## Accessing phpMyAdmin

To manage a database's tables and data directly:

1. In the **Databases** section, find the database.
2. Click **phpMyAdmin**.

phpMyAdmin opens in a new tab, logged in automatically. From there you can browse tables, run SQL queries, and import or export data.

## Importing a database

To import an existing .sql file:

1. Open phpMyAdmin for the target database.
2. Click the **Import** tab.
3. Choose your .sql (or .sql.zip / .sql.gz) file.
4. Click **Go**.

For very large databases that exceed the upload limit, contact support and we can import it for you.

## Exporting a database

1. Open phpMyAdmin for the database.
2. Click the **Export** tab.
3. Choose the **Quick** method and SQL format.
4. Click **Go** to download the .sql file.

## Remote access

If you need to connect to your database from an external application or your local machine, contact support to discuss enabling remote MySQL access for your account.

<Tip>
  Use a separate database and database user per application, and never reuse the same password across databases. This limits the impact if any single application is compromised.
</Tip>