Changing admin email // no access to original email account?

[Bert]

Hi all - I’m the sole moderator and admin on a Discourse forum.

My account is registered to a disused email address that I no longer have access to (an old work account), and this appears to be preventing me from updating my email address.

I’d like to change my email to my new work email - but this seems impossible without being able to access the historical (and inaccessible) email account.

Anybody got ideas on how to resolve this?

[jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld)]

Do you have SSH access to your server? Follow this guide:

Change staff email address from console

We recently introduced a security change: When a staff user changes their email address, for enhanced security they must confirm both new email address AND old email address. However, this creates a problem when a staff member loses access to their old email address and wants to update their email address. In this guide we’ll change the email address of a user (not necessarily staff) via console without the need to access old email address. Let’s get started! :information_source:These comman…