Title: wrong username
Last modified: April 29, 2020

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# wrong username

 *  [jancommunicatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jancommunicatie/)
 * (@jancommunicatie)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-username-2/)
 * Hi,
 * I can’t login to the dashboard. I tried (almost) anything. Change it with PhpMyadmin
   for example. But nothing seems to work.
 * Does anyone know other options to try?
 * Thanks,
 * Jan
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwrong-username-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-username-2/#post-12749693)
 * Have you tired logging in with the email address that is used on the account 
   according to the database?
 *  Thread Starter [jancommunicatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jancommunicatie/)
 * (@jancommunicatie)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-username-2/#post-12750073)
 * Yes, I tried (phpmyadmin email user). But that didn’t work either
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-username-2/#post-12752758)
 * Are you 100% sure you are looking in the correct database?
 *  Thread Starter [jancommunicatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jancommunicatie/)
 * (@jancommunicatie)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-username-2/#post-12753343)
 * 100% sure. I also changed the username in PhpMyadmin en when a asked for a new
   password (forgot my password) this new username showed up in my e-mail.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [jancommunicatie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jancommunicatie/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-username-2/#post-12753343)
 * Status: not resolved

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