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CyberSpatium
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Well, where data is stored can be set in the data directory setting for MySQL, but the default is the data directory in the MySQL folder.
C:\XAMP\mysql\data
phpMyAdmin does not store anything, it is just provides a web based interface to administer your MySQL database, without having to be a MySQL pro to use MySQL. MySQL is the actual database, and that is where everything is stored. So, when you removed phpMyAdmin, you were just uninstalling a script, which means you are not losing any data stored in the database.