Title: Wrong Error Message?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Wrong Error Message?

 *  [johnywhy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnywhy/)
 * (@johnywhy)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-error-message-1/)
 * hi
 * i tried logging into a site.
 * i got:
 * “ERROR: Invalid username. Lost your password?”
 * Think about that error message. Shouldn’t it say “Forgot your USERNAME?”
 * thx

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 *  [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * (@kidsguide)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-error-message-1/#post-5762522)
 * You can’t reset your username. That is why it says lost your password.

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 * Last reply from: [Matthew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kidsguide/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-error-message-1/#post-5762522)
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