How to reset or recover your Joomla administrator/admin password?

Reset Password Directly from Database

Do you have direct access MySQL database.

Change the Password Directly from Database

If the admin user is already defined, the easiest way is to change the password in the database to a known password. This requires that you have direct access to the MySQL database using phpMyAdmin or another client.

Cautions: Change your password after login
Following instructions show how to manually reset a password to the word - "admin"

1. Open to phpMyAdmin and select the database of your Joomla website. In the left-hand side of the screen dropdown list will appear. It will display all the database tables.
2. Find a table  " prefix_users" in the list of tables (note: prefix will depend on your prefix value.).
3. Click on the "Browse" button in the top toolbar. It will display all of the users for this site.
4. Click on the " Edit icon " for user whose password you want to change.
5. Change Password Value to following  09b135d0d2022f04d1d679afec90cfc6:9z78xfHz0TFnmI8d4jHtvmk0QxayQJUv  into the password field and press the Go button.
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8. Log in with this user and password (admin). After logging again change password from user Manager for this user. Check all of the users in User manager and also change the password of others if your website was hacked.

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