Title: Change ‘admin’ name in SQL database
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Change ‘admin’ name in SQL database

 *  Resolved [bplank](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bplank/)
 * (@bplank)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-name-in-sql-database/)
 * I’m using 2.7.1 and I have phpMyAdmin – 2.11.9.4.
 * I’m trying to change the ‘admin’ name in the SQL database (since it can’t be 
   deleted from WP as far as I can see), but all the tutorials don’t seem to apply.
 * This site gives a tutorial, but I don’t see the amount of information they show
   in the video tutorial: [http://www.francescolanza.com/2007/10/24/password-admin-reset/](http://www.francescolanza.com/2007/10/24/password-admin-reset/)
 * Here’s what I see: [http://i40.tinypic.com/4j3yh2.jpg](http://i40.tinypic.com/4j3yh2.jpg)
 * How can I change the ‘admin’ name if there’s no way to edit?!
 * *EDIT*!!!!
 * I found out what the problem is… I had to click on ‘Export’ tab and THEN ‘Browse’
   before the email and editable data was made visible.

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-name-in-sql-database/#post-1035886)
 * You can change the admin name in WP. Pick a new name, give it admnin privdleges.
   Sign back in as the new name, delete Admin.
 *  Thread Starter [bplank](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bplank/)
 * (@bplank)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-name-in-sql-database/#post-1035888)
 * Nah, you can’t delete the admin name… I tried that initially. I moved all the
   posts to a new user name with admin priv, but WP didn’t allow the delete. I resolved
   it though… the tutorials need to be updated for new PHPAdmin versions.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-name-in-sql-database/#post-1035894)
 * **bplank** I glad you worked it out but, deleting the Admin name in WP using 
   the method I posted works exactly as I stated.
 * You are changing the myPHP admin name which is different than changing the admin
   name in WP so I must have misunderstood.

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 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [editing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/editing/)
 * [sql](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sql/)

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 * Last reply from: [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-admin-name-in-sql-database/#post-1035894)
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