Title: Changing administrator
Last modified: July 19, 2023

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# Changing administrator

 *  [sailingval](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sailingval/)
 * (@sailingval)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-administrator-2/)
 * Have taken over administrating our church website and am trying to change Administration
   Email address. It tells me there is a pending change but it needs to be confirmed.
   How do I do that? I want to use my gmail.com address.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fchanging-administrator-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/)
 * (@contentiskey)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-administrator-2/#post-16906490)
 * you can make the change directly in the database. you can often find the database
   in your webhosting account in an area labeled PHPMYADMIN. look in the OPTIONS
   table of the database for the row **admin_email**.
 * if you are not sure where to find the database, please contact the support team
   for your webhosting account for guidance.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-administrator-2/#post-16906490)
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