How to reset AUTO_INCREMENT in MySQL

SET  @num := 0;

UPDATE your_table SET id = @num := (@num+1);

ALTER TABLE your_table AUTO_INCREMENT =1;

I think this will do it

Simply like this:

ALTER TABLE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT = value;

Reference: 13.1.9 ALTER TABLE Statement

There is a very easy way with phpMyAdmin under the “operations” tab. In the table options you can set autoincrement to the number you want.

The best solution that worked for me:

ALTER TABLE my_table MODIFY COLUMN ID INT(10) UNSIGNED;
COMMIT;
ALTER TABLE my_table MODIFY COLUMN ID INT(10) UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT;
COMMIT;

It’s fast, works with InnoDB, and I don’t need to know the current maximum value!

This way. the auto increment counter will reset and it will start automatically from the maximum value exists.

The highest rated answers to this question all recommend “ALTER yourtable AUTO_INCREMENT= value”. However, this only works when value in the alter is greater than the current max value of the autoincrement column. According to the MySQL 8 documentation:

You cannot reset the counter to a value less than or equal to the value that is currently in use. For both InnoDB and MyISAM, if the value is less than or equal to the maximum value currently in the AUTO_INCREMENT column, the value is reset to the current maximum AUTO_INCREMENT column value plus one.

In essence, you can only alter AUTO_INCREMENT to increase the value of the autoincrement column, not reset it to 1, as the OP asks in the second part of the question. For options that actually allow you set the AUTO_INCREMENT downward from its current max, take a look at Reorder / reset auto increment primary key.

As of MySQL 5.6 you can use the simple ALTER TABLE with InnoDB:

ALTER TABLE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT = 1;

The documentation are updated to reflect this:

13.1.7 ALTER TABLE Statement

My testing also shows that the table is not copied. The value is simply changed.

There are good options given in How To Reset MySQL Autoincrement Column

Note that ALTER TABLE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT = value; does not work for InnoDB

You can also use the syntax TRUNCATE table like this:

TRUNCATE TABLE table_name

Beware! TRUNCATE TABLE your_table will delete everything in your your_table.

ALTER TABLE news_feed DROP id

ALTER TABLE news_feed ADD  id BIGINT( 200 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT FIRST ,ADD PRIMARY KEY (id)

I used this in some of my scripts. The id field is dropped and then added back with previous settings. All the existent fields within the database table are filled in with the new auto increment values. This should also work with InnoDB.

Note that all the fields within the table will be recounted and will have other ids!!!.

It is for an empty table:

ALTER TABLE `table_name` AUTO_INCREMENT = 1;

If you have data, but you want to tidy up it, I recommend to use this:

ALTER TABLE `table_name` DROP `auto_colmn`;
ALTER TABLE `table_name` ADD  `auto_colmn` INT( {many you want} ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT FIRST ,ADD PRIMARY KEY (`auto_colmn`);

As of MySQL 5.6 the approach below works faster due to online DDL (note algorithm=inplace):

alter table tablename auto_increment=1, algorithm=inplace;


Here is my solution, but I will not advise to do this if your column has constraints or is connected as foreign key to other tables as it would have bad effects or will not even work.

First: drop the column

ALTER TABLE tbl_name DROP COLUMN column_id

Second: recreate the column and set it as FIRST if you want it as the first column I assume.

ALTER TABLE tbl_access ADD COLUMN `access_id` int(10) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT FIRST

This works well!

SET @num := 0;
UPDATE your_table SET id = @num := (@num+1);
ALTER TABLE your_table AUTO_INCREMENT =1;

To update to the latest plus one id:

 ALTER TABLE table_name AUTO_INCREMENT = 
 (SELECT (id+1) id FROM table_name order by id desc limit 1);

Edit:

SET @latestId = SELECT id FROM table_name order by id desc limit 1;
SET @latestIdPlusOne = @latestId + 1;
ALTER TABLE table_name AUTO_INCREMENT = @latestIdPlusOne;

Not tested please test before you run*

The auto-increment counter for a table can be (re)set in two ways:

1. By executing a query, like others already explained:

   ALTER TABLE <table_name> AUTO_INCREMENT=<table_id>;

2. Using Workbench or another visual database design tool. I am going to show in Workbench how it is done – but it shouldn’t be much different in other tools as well. By right clicking over the desired table and choosing Alter table from the context menu. On the bottom you can see all the available options for altering a table. Choose Options and you will get this form:

   

Then just set the desired value in the field Auto increment as shown in the image. This will basically execute the query shown in the first option.

I tried to alter the table and set auto_increment to 1 but it did not work. I resolved to delete the column name I was incrementing, then create a new column with your preferred name and set that new column to increment from the onset.

You can simply truncate the table to reset the sequence:

TRUNCATE TABLE TABLE_NAME

Try to run this query:

 ALTER TABLE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT = value;

Or try this query for the reset auto increment

 ALTER TABLE `tablename` CHANGE `id` `id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL;

And set auto increment and then run this query:

  ALTER TABLE `tablename` CHANGE `id` `id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;

I googled and found this question, but the answer I am really looking for fulfils two criteria:

1. using purely MySQL queries
2. reset an existing table auto-increment to max(id) + 1

Since I couldn’t find exactly what I want here, I have cobbled the answer from various answers and sharing it here.

Few things to note:

1. the table in question is InnoDB
2. the table uses the field id with type as int as primary key
3. the only way to do this purely in MySQL is to use stored procedure
4. my images below are using SequelPro as the GUI. You should be able to adapt it based on your preferred MySQL editor
5. I have tested this on MySQL Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.5.61, for debian-linux-gnu

Step 1: Create Stored Procedure

create a stored procedure like this:

DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE reset_autoincrement(IN tablename varchar(200))
BEGIN

      SET @get_next_inc = CONCAT('SELECT @next_inc := max(id) + 1 FROM ',tablename,';');
      PREPARE stmt FROM @get_next_inc;
      EXECUTE stmt;
      SELECT @next_inc AS result;
      DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;

      set @alter_statement = concat('ALTER TABLE ', tablename, ' AUTO_INCREMENT = ', @next_inc, ';');
      PREPARE stmt FROM @alter_statement;
      EXECUTE stmt;
      DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
END //
DELIMITER ;

Then run it.

Before run, it looks like this when you look under Stored Procedures in your database.

When I run, I simply select the stored procedure and press Run Selection

Note: the delimiters part are crucial. Hence if you copy and paste from the top selected answers in this question, they tend not to work for this reason.

After I run, I should see the stored procedure

If you need to change the stored procedure, you need to delete the stored procedure, then select to run again.

Step 2: Call the stored procedure

This time you can simply use normal MySQL queries.

call reset_autoincrement('products');

Originally from my own SQL queries notes in https://simkimsia.com/reset-mysql-autoincrement-to-max-id-plus-1/ and adapted for Stack Overflow.

ALTER TABLE tablename AUTO_INCREMENT = 1

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