Title: Changed admin without transferring content
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Changed admin without transferring content

 *  Resolved [Michel7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michel7/)
 * (@michel7)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-admin-without-transferring-content/)
 * Probably did something stupid: I changed admin name and psw and tickmarked ‘do
   not transfer content of former admin’. (or something similar as translated). 
   Now site is gone.
 * Restoring backup from before admin change has no effect as keeps new admin name.
   
   However it seems all files and dbase is still there.
 * Anybody any suggestion how to get the site back…
 * txs.

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 *  Moderator [Bet Hannon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bethannon1/)
 * (@bethannon1)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-admin-without-transferring-content/#post-6765789)
 * I see you marked this resolved. Care to share how you fixed it, so it might help
   someone else with a similar issue?
 *  Thread Starter [Michel7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michel7/)
 * (@michel7)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-admin-without-transferring-content/#post-6765798)
 * Own back up did not work so asked hosting party to use their back up on the server
   which indeed recovered the site to the position before I changed admin.
    So obvious
   lesson: if you want to change your admin name and password and delete your old
   admin name and you want to keep your site: tickmark “transfer content” from old
   name to new name.
 * Another problem occurred due to the use of “password savings” on the mac OS. 
   It took me a while to notice that trying to restore a back up, it used the old
   username although I had saved the new username and its password aswell. Obvious
   answer: delete old settings.
 * no guarantee but worked out for me….

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Michel7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michel7/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-admin-without-transferring-content/#post-6765798)
 * Status: resolved

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