# Using infinity free cpanel PhpMyAdmin in other websites **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [February 25, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/using-infinity-free-cpanel-phpmyadmin-in-other-websites/58502 "2022-02-25T12:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/greenreader9/32/22847_2.png) [@Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Greenreader9)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/using-infinity-free-cpanel-phpmyadmin-in-other-websites/58502/3 "2022-02-25T13:55:22Z")
Welcome! Unfortunately, you cannot do that, and here is why. > [@Connecting to MySQL from an external application](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-to-mysql-from-an-external-application/49339): > > Sometimes, you may want to connect to your MySQL database on your free hosting account using external software, like a desktop database manager (like MySQL Workbench) or an external program you wrote yourself (like an Android or iOS app). You cannot connect to a free hosting MySQL database from outside your hosting account. You can only interact with your free hosting database through PHP scripts uploaded to your free hosting account, or through our phpMyAdmin installation. The ability to con… Although the article talks specifically about connecting to a database, a similar thing occurs when trying to use PHPMyAdmin to connect to a database outside of InfinityFree. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/using-infinity-free-cpanel-phpmyadmin-in-other-websites/58502)._