How can I get a list of user accounts using the command line in MySQL?

August 29, 2022 by Tarik

Use this query:

SELECT User FROM mysql.user;

Which will output a table like this:

+-------+
| User  |
+-------+
| root  |
+-------+
| user2 |
+-------+

As Matthew Scharley points out in the comments on this answer, you can group by the User column if you’d only like to see unique usernames.