Posts Tagged ‘passwords

Resetting Joomla admin password

It is a testiment to my own foul forgetfulness that I am endlessly hunting the Joomla forums for the post that explains how to reset the admin password for Joomla.

Rather, it’s not that I can’t remember how to do it – doing it is quite simple – it’s I can’t remember the values to insert.

The only way to “reset” your Joomla password is by editing the database directly. Simply:

  1. Access your database, either via phpMyAdmin or whatever program