# Changing admin email // no access to original email account?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-admin-email-no-access-to-original-email-account/71411
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [4 oktober 2017 om 17:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-admin-email-no-access-to-original-email-account/71411 "2017-10-04T17:48:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Bert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bert)
#### Post date: [4 oktober 2017 om 17:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-admin-email-no-access-to-original-email-account/71411/1 "2017-10-04T17:48:23Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [4 oktober 2017 om 17:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-admin-email-no-access-to-original-email-account/71411/2 "2017-10-04T17:55:26Z")
Do you have SSH access to your server? Follow this guide:
> [@Change staff email address from console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-staff-email-address-from-console/42062):
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> bookmark This guide describes how to change a staff member’s email address from the console using the Rails console. It applies to situations where an administrator needs to update an email without confirmation from the old address. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator warning Console access required In Discourse, for enhanced security, staff members must confirm changes to their email addresses from both the new and old email addresses. However, this creates…
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [1 november 2019 om 11:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-admin-email-no-access-to-original-email-account/71411/4 "2019-11-01T11:04:26Z")