Title: forgot my admin password
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# forgot my admin password

 *  [limetikigod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limetikigod/)
 * (@limetikigod)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forgot-my-admin-password/)
 * where or how can i get my password back?

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 *  [billh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billh/)
 * (@billh)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forgot-my-admin-password/#post-194916)
 * At the WordPress login screen, simply type in ‘admin’ for the username and then
   the email address you used for the admin account when setting up. WordPress will
   send you and email to log in again.
 * If you don’t know the email address, you’ll have to delve in to the MySQL database
   and check out the wp_users table and check the table row for the admin user. 
   It will have the email address there; you can change it here if you no longer
   have the same email address, but you can’t change the password here because it
   is MD5 encrypted.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forgot-my-admin-password/#post-194944)
 * Actually, it’s very easy to reset the Admin password via phpmyadmin. See: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/)
 *  Thread Starter [limetikigod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limetikigod/)
 * (@limetikigod)
 * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forgot-my-admin-password/#post-194958)
 * thank you

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 * Last reply from: [limetikigod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/limetikigod/)
 * Last activity: [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/forgot-my-admin-password/#post-194958)
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