Title: password reset problems
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# password reset problems

 *  cathcoll
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-problems/)
 * I managed to screw up the password on my admin login, so I requested a new password
   from the login screen. WP dutifully provided it to me…but it doesn’t work. This
   has happened twice.
    I’m no SQL expert. What do I need to do to hack into my 
   own files? (I have CPanel and FTP access so I should be able to get to the database.)
   Thanks. == [http://cathcoll.net](http://cathcoll.net)

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-problems/#post-115727)
 * phpmyadmin ?
    [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin)
 *  [Marcia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcia/)
 * (@marcia)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-problems/#post-115938)
 * I’m having the same problem. Had it mailed, it won’t work and after being changed
   I can’t access at all. It seems there’s no choice but to nuke the whole thing
   and start the site over again from scratch.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-problems/#post-115939)
 * Do you have access to phpmyadmin ?
    [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin)
 *  [Perrine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perrine/)
 * (@perrine)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-problems/#post-116046)
 * Did as the instructions per [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin)
   
   Does not work at all…I get an error message when I hit GO.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [Perrine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perrine/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-reset-problems/#post-116046)
 * Status: not resolved

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