Cannot Connect to Database Server mysql workbench

Question

I\'m trying to connect to mysql workbench but I get the following error

Error Message Cannot Connect to Database Server

Your connection attempt failed for us

Answer 1

I don't know if it helps anyone, but I had the same problem on windows after updating from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0.

The solution for me was to go to services.msc, stop the MySQL service and start the "MySQL80" service instead.

Then I restarted MySQL Workbench (run as admin) and it worked.