How to delete duplicate rows from a MySQL table

Question

I have a MySQL table like:

ID, Col1, Col2, Col3, Col4, etc...

ID is a primary key and has been w

Answer 1

1. RENAME TABLE [table w/ duplicates] TO [temporary table name]

2. Create an identical table with the original table name which contained the duplicates.

3. INSERT INTO [new table] SELECT DISTINCT * FROM [old table with duplicates]

4. Delete the temporary tables.

Answer 2

you can also do this

Create table new_table{id, col1,col2,col3}

insert into new_table values(select distinct * from old_table)

drop table old_table