Title: make super admin through database
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# make super admin through database

 *  [amnion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amnion/)
 * (@amnion)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-super-admin-through-database/)
 * I accidentally deleted my superadmin account. At least I believe so. I am wondering
   how to just update a user in the database. Would I update user_status part?

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 *  [drwebstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drwebstein/)
 * (@drwebstein)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-super-admin-through-database/#post-2016064)
 * Did you ever find a solution to this problem, amnion?
 * I’m in the same position and unsure how to proceed. Here’s a post of mine with
   more specifics about the issue, in case you learned something that might be helpful:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-user-account-appears-to-have-been-deleted-from-the-database?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-admin-user-account-appears-to-have-been-deleted-from-the-database?replies=1)
 * Thank you very much.
 * Adam

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [drwebstein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drwebstein/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/make-super-admin-through-database/#post-2016064)
 * Status: not resolved

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