Title: admin login  password lost??
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# admin login password lost??

 *  Resolved [Elina Miller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devravinder/)
 * (@devravinder)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/)
 * i forget my admin password?
    and mail function is disabled when i tried to recover..
   any other method to recover or reset your wordpress admin password?

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 *  Thread Starter [Elina Miller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devravinder/)
 * (@devravinder)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1710866)
 * on localhost
    i clicked on wp_users under user_login there’s admin and user_pass
   password is written…in some other format.. i copied that password and tried with
   that pass even failed to login in..
 *  Thread Starter [Elina Miller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devravinder/)
 * (@devravinder)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1710868)
 * when i tried to recover my password on clicking lost password i got this msg
 * The e-mail could not be sent.
    Possible reason: your host may have disabled the
   mail() function…
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1710869)
 * You may reset WordPress Password from phpMyAdmin
    (1) Look for a table called
   wp_users in the left hand pane. It is usually the last item in the list. Click
   on the user table link (browse option). (2) You will notice the password is strange,
   and not plain text. This is because for security reasons, WP stores the passwords
   as an MD5 hash. (3) click edit (4) Use online tools (search for “online MD5 hash”
   on Google) to create new password in MD5, replace the old pass with new. Save
   changes.
 *  Thread Starter [Elina Miller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devravinder/)
 * (@devravinder)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1710876)
 * did this
    copied that password and put in the [http://md5-hash-online.waraxe.us/](http://md5-hash-online.waraxe.us/)
   and when get newly generated code i copied it in previous password location and
   saved changes..then i tried to login with that new pass..still incorrect password….
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1710878)
 * review this Ravinder:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1710880)
 * I’ve never been able to successfully reverse-engineer a WP password either. Just
   reset it instead following the guide liked to above.
 *  Thread Starter [Elina Miller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devravinder/)
 * (@devravinder)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1711021)
 * recovered …
    no need to go for online tools..just follow the steps reffered by
   t-p
 * _review this Ravinder:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting\_Your\_Password](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password)
 * thanks t-p
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1711109)
 * You are welcome!
 *  [windowsofpassword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windowsofpassword/)
 * (@windowsofpassword)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1711202)
 * Last time I forgot my password and tried everything i could do but failed, until
   I found this great tool Windows Password Software. It works great, and you can
   google it.you can try to google it.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 9 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [windowsofpassword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/windowsofpassword/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-password-lost/#post-1711202)
 * Status: resolved

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