Umbraco - Reset the Admin Password via SQL Server

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To reset the admin password of a Umbraco website.

1. In Sql server, run the following script on the database:


USE  INSERT-YOUR-DATABASE-NAME-HERE
GO

 UPDATE umbracoUser set userdisabled=0, userLogin='admin', userPassword='default' where id=0

2. In your web config file, find the "UsersMemnershipProvider" section, change the setting:


passwordFormat="Hashed"
to
passwordFormat="Clear"


You should now be able to login using the Username: Admin and the Password: default ("the two sweetest words in the english language").

Comments

  1. John H1 September 2013 at 03:08

    Thanks Mark!

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  2. Unknown12 February 2014 at 08:21

    Thanks! I followed same procedure, but used SQL Server Compact Toolbox (SQL CE) to edit userPassword directly before updating web.config. It worked!

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  3. dennyjoppan26 September 2014 at 02:22

    Thanks Mark..You saved my day...

    ReplyDelete
  4. Mfon18 November 2014 at 03:45

    dont see where to run the sql syntax on umbraco user interface

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