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title: How do I create a MySQL database?
description: "You can create MySQL databases in seconds directly from your computancy control panel. This option is unavailable for packages hosted on our WordPress platform due to its WP-optimised nature. If you need to create a MySQL database, you'll need to move the…"
url: "https://computancy.co.uk/kb/how-do-i-create-a-mysql-database/"
updated: "2024-02-01"
category: Web Hosting / Databases
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# How do I create a MySQL database?

You can create MySQL databases in seconds directly from your computancy control panel.

This option is unavailable for packages hosted on our WordPress platform due to its WP-optimised nature. If you need to create a MySQL database, you'll need to move the website to our Linux platform.To create new MySQL databases:

1. Log in to your account and select** Manage Hosting**.
 2. Choose **Manage** next to the hosting package you wish to create a MySQL database for.
 3. Under **Web Tools**,select **MySQL Databases**. Here you can complete the following actions:

- Create new MySQL databases. Each MySQL database has a maximum size of 1024MB (1GB).
- Manage existing databases.
- Add additional MySQL users to databases.
- Manage your additional MySQL users.

4. Under **Add a new MySQL Database**,choose a name for your database. Database names must be between 6 and 20 characters long, and we automatically add a suffix to avoid name collisions with other users.

5. Once you have chosen a name, click** Create Database**. Your new MySQL database will automatically appear in the **Manage MySQL Databases** section underneath.

From here you can change the automatically generated password, monitor usage, remove your MySQL database, or log in to your database.