Reset Joomla Administrator Password

Here we will cover how to reset the Joomla admin password to log into the Joomla Dashboard. This can be done either by requesting a password reset link through the Forgot your password? option on the site, or by using phpMyAdmin to modify the database.

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Password Reset Link Method

1. Navigate to the front page of your Joomla site
2. In the login form section, click the Forgot your password? link
3. Enter the administrator email address associated with the admin user
4. Reset the admin password through the link that is emailed to you

phpMyAdmin Method

1. Log into cPanel
2. Locate and access phpMyAdmin
3. Click the database name for the Joomla site
   1. If you're not sure which database the site is using, check the configuration.php file
4. Click on the table that ends in _users in the list of tables
   NOTE: If you can't find the _users table in the menu to the left, try using the "Containing the word" search box to search for the users table. Make sure to select the option with the same prefix as the other tables in the database.
   EXAMPLE:
   
5. Locate the admin account that needs to be updated
6. Click the checkbox to the left of the user that needs to be edited
7. Click the pencil icon in that same row to edit it
8. Find the password row
9. Set the Function field to MD5
10. In the Value field, type in the new password
    NOTE: The password that is shown in that field when it first comes up is a hash. It is not the actual password of the account.
11. Click Go at the bottom of that page

This article covers Joomla versions 3.x - 4.x.
If an updated version is available and not documented here, drop us a comment so we can work to get it updated for you as soon as possible!