Title: remove admin email
Last modified: August 4, 2026

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# remove admin email

 *  [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/)
 * (@abrioofgkcibzcueldxk)
 * [3 days, 18 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-admin-email/)
 * Someone mistyped the administration email and is probably not aware of this. 
   For this reason we get frequent (about twice weekly) a message about (failed)
   updates of wordpress and plugins. The developer is not available and we have 
   no access to the hoster or wordpress BE. How can we stop these emails?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fremove-admin-email%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [3 days, 18 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-admin-email/#post-18983248)
 * You can’t delete it, but you can change it to an address that exists. Here’s 
   how:
    - Use phpmyadmin from your hosting control panel. Open the “options” table (
      has a prefix like “wp_” and change the value of “admin_email” to your address.
    - Or go to `/wp-admin/options.php`. Search for “admin_email” and enter the new
      address there. Save the form then.
    - Or use the plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/change-admin-email-setting-without-outbound-email/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/change-admin-email-setting-without-outbound-email/)
 *  Thread Starter [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/)
 * (@abrioofgkcibzcueldxk)
 * [5 hours, 39 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-admin-email/#post-18987611)
 * we have no access to the host. we do have access to the email configured as administrator.
   but no user shares this email. so password reset does not work. there is no such
   user. Is this a flaw in wordpress ? the admin email can not be changed if host
   access nor user access is posible?
 * A former employee created the website and went awol. We use the same email as
   admin settings and company rules dictate an in company email for users. But it
   is up to the discipline of the user to follow those.
 * guessing usernames to reset the password is treated with a 429 error.
    -  This reply was modified 5 hours, 35 minutes ago by [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 hours, 34 minutes ago by [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 hours, 29 minutes ago by [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 hours, 27 minutes ago by [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/).
 *  Thread Starter [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/)
 * (@abrioofgkcibzcueldxk)
 * [5 hours, 21 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-admin-email/#post-18987628)
 * what else.
    -  This reply was modified 5 hours, 16 minutes ago by [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/).

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 * [admin access](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin-access/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Johannes Kingma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abrioofgkcibzcueldxk/)
 * Last activity: [5 hours, 21 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-admin-email/#post-18987628)
 * Status: not resolved

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