How to reset Joomla administrator password?

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Here I will show you how to reset your Joomla admin password in a two ways. One is using phpMyAdmin and the other is using password reset script.

Let start...

  • Using a simple MySQL query with an application that manage your database.
    • phpMyAdmin, almost available on all hosting.
      • Login to your phpMyAdmin.
      • Navigate to your Joomla database.
      • Click "jos_users" table.
      • Find an entry with name "Administrator" or username "admin", click edit (the one with pencil pic).
      • Make sure you are now on "jos_users" table1.
      • Make sure entry name is "Administrator"2.
      • Make sure the entry username is "admin"3.
      • Choose "MD5" from function column dropdown on "password" row4.
      • Enter the new admin password in the value column on "password" row5.
      • Hit "GO" to save.
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  • Using a script. I found this Joomla administrator password reset script (scratch that, now the script is here), it will reset your Joomla admin password.
    All you have to do is upload the script to your Joomla installation and open the script from your web. Easy enough huh?

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