# ownCloud Administrators Manual

# Resetting a Lost Admin Password

If you lose your ownCloud admin password, the easy way to reset it is to ask another admin on your ownCloud server to reset it for you, or to use the normal email reset. If neither of these are an option, then follow this method.

Create a plain-text file containing these lines:

    <?php

    include_once './lib/base.php';

    \OC_User::setPassword('admin', 'RecoveredPassword');

This script works for all users. If your ownCloud username is not `admin`, then change `admin` to your username.

Name the file something like `reset.php`. Then upload this file to your ownCloud Web server directory (such as `/var/www/owncloud/reset.php`), and access it via a Web browser (`http://mycloud.com/owncloud/reset.php`).

This resets the password of the named account to `RecoveredPassword`. Log in and change your password immediately, and then delete the file.

This is for ownCloud 6 only.