XAMPP Update and MySQL Databases

[tomat5r]

I am planning to update to the latest version of XAMPP. I have renamed my old installation c:\xampp-old. I will install the updated version to C:\xampp
I know doing this will preserve my projects in c:\xampp-old\htdocs. My question is, What will happen to my MySQL databases? Will they be overwritten or will they be untouched? Either way, to be safe, I will export the data to an .sql file before the update. However I'm curious as to what is going to happen.

Tom

[Altrea]

Hi Tom,

Your mysql Databases are saved in \xampp\mysql\data\ so if you rename your whole xampp folder these databases will be save too.
But it is always a good idea to additionally export them, for backup and/or migration purposes.

best wishes,
Altrea

[tomat5r]

Thank you Altrea.
Tom