MySQL: RENAME USER statement

This tutorial explains how to use the MySQL RENAME USER statement with syntax and examples.

Description

The RENAME USER statement is used to rename a user in the MySQL database.

Syntax

The syntax for the RENAME USER statement in MySQL is:

RENAME USER
  user_name TO new_name;

Parameters or Arguments

user_name

The name of the user to rename in the MySQL database.

new_name

The new name to assign to the user.

Example

Let's look at how to rename a user in MySQL using the RENAME USER statement.

For example:

RENAME USER
  'ao'@'localhost' TO 'jane'@'localhost';

In this example, the RENAME USER statement would rename the user called ao to jane in the MySQL database.

Rename more than one user

How can you rename more than one user at a time in MySQL? You can use the RENAME USER statement to rename multiple users by comma separating the user name values.

For example:

RENAME USER
  'ao'@'localhost' TO 'jane'@'localhost',
  'andersonk'@'localhost' TO 'kyle'@'localhost';

This RENAME USER example would rename two users in MySQL. The first user called ao would be renamed to jane and the second user called andersonk would be renamed to kyle.