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Reset a Lost Admin Password

Use the database to reset a password:

1. Go to phpMyAdmin. This is usually accessible through the control panel provided by your webhost. Contact your webhost if you cannot find the link to it.

2. Click on the database used for your Joomla site. (If you have more than one database and you do not know which one your Joomla site is using, you can find this on the Joomla Control Panel -> Global Configuration -> Server -> Database Settings.)

3. Scroll down to the users table. This is usually named 'jos_users' but your installation could be using a different prefix, e.g., 'j15_users'. The prefix is designated during the installation process.

4. Click on the Browse icon for the users table.

5. Find the row for the user whose password you wish to reset and click on the Edit icon for that row.

6. On the list of fields for the chosen row, find the 'password' field, and in the 'Function' column select 'MD5' from the dropdown.

7. In the text box on this row (to the right) type in the password you want to use.

8. Scroll down to the 'Go' button and click it.

9. The new password is now set.

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13 Comments Feed

Ricky makes this comment

Friday, 27 November 2009

Nice tuto!!!
Adnan makes this comment

Thursday, 03 December 2009

Nice tutorial and instructions man.
Thanx a lot.
I changed my password in 10 secs.

Thanx a lot.
Reset Password makes this comment

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Thanks for your great article! It's what I am looking for these days.
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Sunday, 24 April 2011

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Tuesday, 08 November 2011

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Nazish makes this comment

Friday, 18 November 2011

I got very useful information from this article,thanks for sharing..
Rabia makes this comment

Friday, 18 November 2011

very informative article
Mehwish makes this comment

Friday, 18 November 2011

thanks for sharing..
Sania makes this comment

Friday, 18 November 2011

I like this..
Waseem makes this comment

Friday, 18 November 2011

very nice information...
3b makes this comment

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

i followed the instructions but now i have this message on my website:

Infinite loop detected in JError

what have i done" />
edi-admin makes this comment

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

The "Infinite Loop" message in Joomla 1.7 can mean any kind of error. I doubt that it is related to resetting the password.
Reset Windows Password makes this comment

Saturday, 10 December 2011

Thanks very much. I'll check it later.