Start MySQL Server on Windows 11

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Start MySQL Server on Windows 11

This tutorial will teach you how to start MySQL Server on a Windows 11 machine. First, we can configure MySQL Server as a Windows service during installation. Steps to Install MySQL Server on Windows 11 OS:

Install MySQL on Windows 11

Start MySQL Server

There are multiple ways to start the MySQL server. In this tutorial, we will look at some of them.

Windows Service App
Command Line
MySQL Workbench
Using XAMPP

Windows Services App

If you have installed MySQL using the MySQL Installer, you can start the MySQL server as a Windows service.

Go to the Run dialog prompt. Press Windows Key + R to launch the Run prompt.
(Windows + R)

Type services.msc and press Enter to launch the Windows 11 Services App.

Open Windows services. Look for MySQL service in the services list. Locate the MySQL service.

Windows 11 Services Run Prompt

Start Server

Check the server’s running status. If it is not running, right-click on the service and click Start.

The server process would be started.

Stop MySQL Server

To stop MySQL, right-click on the service and click Stop.

The MySQL Server process would be stopped.

Restart MySQL Server

To restart MySQL, right-click on the service and click Restart.

Start MySQL Server Win11

The MySQL Server process would be restarted on the machine.

Command Line

To start the MySQL server using the command line, follow the below steps:

Open Command Prompt with Administrator privileges. Navigate to the MySQL bin directory.

For Example:

cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server <version>\bin

Replace <version> with your MySQL version.

Start the server by typing mysqld command.

The mysqld is the MySQL Server daemon process, that manages the databases and handles all database requests. On Windows, it’s an executable .exe file named: mysqld.exe