Title: Changing Admin email
Last modified: June 30, 2020

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# Changing Admin email

 *  [rhythmlabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmlabs/)
 * (@rhythmlabs)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/)
 * Hello
 * I am trying to change the admin email, however, when I try to change the email,
   it says it will send me an email to the new email address to verify but i do 
   not receive this email.
 * I have tried with different emails and none of them received this email.
 * How can I confirm the change of the admin email?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/#post-13055255)
 * Did your WP email work before?
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/#post-13055257)
 * You can change it in the database directly.
 * There are two places it should be changed. The users table (find the admin user)
   and the options table.
 * Chances are your server can’t send out email though so changing the email address
   at the database level won’t do much of anything.
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmlabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmlabs/)
 * (@rhythmlabs)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/#post-13055300)
 * what do you mean by did the email address work before? Yes it lets me login into
   the control panel for the website, but i do not receive emails regarding inquiries
   and etc from the website
 * “Chances are your server can’t send out email through so changing the email address
   at the database level won’t do much of anything.” what do you mean by this? –
 * I wanted to change it so that contact submissions go to the right email address
   and the right people have all the access on word press.
 * There are currently two user profiles? The developer’s email is the one which
   is the admin email in the general settings – If I delete this user would it make
   the other users email address the admin in the general settings?
 * If I delete the developer’s user it won’t affect the design of the website?
 * I don’t get what you mean by the options table either – where do i find this?
 * Thanks
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/#post-13055396)
 * Try reviewing:
    Possible reasons for not getting email see [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-not-sending-email/?view=all#post-8988847](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-not-sending-email/?view=all#post-8988847)
 * Also, you may find this useful [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-wordpress-not-sending-email-issue/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-wordpress-not-sending-email-issue/)
 *  Thread Starter [rhythmlabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhythmlabs/)
 * (@rhythmlabs)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/#post-13055449)
 * Sorry, this – I am not looking to send emails through WordPress – I just want
   to change the admin email so that i receive emails and have access to all the
   pages on the site
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/#post-13083722)
 * Wordpress has to be able to send an email in order for you to receive the message
   with the confirmation link. Unfortunately, if you do not have access to the old
   email address but only the new email address this could present some problems.
   I would suggest cancelling the change and then changing the settings through 
   the database as I mentioned in my post about a week ago.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-admin-email-3/#post-13083722)
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