Title: Admin access restriction Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Admin access restriction * Resolved [bluestandish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluestandish/) * (@bluestandish) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/) * i am unable to log in to the admin dashboard cod I forgot to creat to access key after checkin the admin access restriction checkbox.can anyone help me eat back to the admin dashboard and enable the admin access keys? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Thread Starter [bluestandish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluestandish/) * (@bluestandish) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818405) * i am unable to log into the admin dashboard cos I forgot to creat to access key after checkin the admin access restriction checkbox.can anyone help me get back to the admin dashboard and enable the admin access keys? Is it possible to undo this using phpmyadmin? * Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * (@paultgoodchild) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818406) * The admin access restriction wont activate with an empty key, so you may have submitted something accidentally. * Please see here: [https://icontrolwp.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000000959](https://icontrolwp.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000000959) * Thread Starter [bluestandish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluestandish/) * (@bluestandish) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818658) * I have been able to deactivate the plugin and done the necessary settings on the wordpress site. unfortunately, reactivating the plugin still requires the admin restriction key or password which i can’t still remember. is there anyway i can delete the settings using php my admin. i have been trying to find the option name simpl security firewall but there’s nothing like that on phpmyadmin options. what is the option name and how do i turn the admin key option off or change the admin key password. * Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * (@paultgoodchild) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818659) * Once you’ve used this function to turn off the firewall,and it’s not running, you can reset the access key by entering a new one and saving the firewall settings. * Thread Starter [bluestandish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluestandish/) * (@bluestandish) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818662) * There’s no way to enter a new one. There’s only space requiring you to enter the old password. Which tells you that your password is wrong. It begins with” at some point you entered an admin restriction key, you will need to enter that here before you can use this plugin …” * Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * (@paultgoodchild) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818663) * did you follow the instruction for disabling the firewall using the forceoff file here? [https://icontrolwp.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000000959](https://icontrolwp.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/3000000959) * Thread Starter [bluestandish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluestandish/) * (@bluestandish) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818664) * I tried that but unfortunately there was no way I could create a file with no extension. i even tried using an htaccess file that I downloaded using ftp and renamed to forceoff but it atomatically turns to a .txt file. if you can show me how to create a file with no extension? thanks. * Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * (@paultgoodchild) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818666) * You can use FileZilla and directly on the FTP space you can create a file of any name.. * Thread Starter [bluestandish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluestandish/) * (@bluestandish) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818667) * ook ok i got it. I used google to search how to. so i will go upload in the plugin folder and see what happens. thanks for your time. * Thread Starter [bluestandish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluestandish/) * (@bluestandish) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818668) * thanks Paul. I was able to rest the security admin key. thank you very much. * Plugin Author [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paultgoodchild/) * (@paultgoodchild) * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-access-restriction-1/#post-6818669) * great, glad you got it sorted! 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