# Reset admin password

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/reset-admin-password/26981>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [March 13, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reset-admin-password/26981 "2018-03-13T10:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mkempster22uu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@mkempster22uu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkempster22uu)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reset-admin-password/26981/1 "2018-03-13T10:38:52Z")

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Is there a way to reset the admin user’s password without wiping the database and starting again? Assuming you don’t know what the current one is.

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**Author:** ![AlanCoding](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/alancoding/32/301_2.png) [@AlanCoding](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AlanCoding)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reset-admin-password/26981/2 "2018-03-13T11:43:49Z")

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Get shell on your server and

awx-manage changepassword

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**Author:** ![mkempster22uu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@mkempster22uu](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mkempster22uu)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/reset-admin-password/26981/3 "2018-03-13T11:51:46Z")

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Ah thank you! didn’t realize it was that simple