# How can I manually change a User password?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-change-a-user-password/24058
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 15, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-change-a-user-password/24058 "2015-01-15T21:18:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![rodrigofarcas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rodrigofarcas/32/69085_2.png) [@rodrigofarcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigofarcas)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-change-a-user-password/24058/1 "2015-01-15T21:18:56Z")

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A user put a wrong email and forgot his password. How can I manually change his password?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-change-a-user-password/24058/3 "2015-01-16T03:37:33Z")

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Go to their preferences page and change their email to the correct one, then tell them to issue a password reset.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-change-a-user-password/24058/8 "2015-01-16T06:42:30Z")

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Yes what @riking said, I was not thinking clearly, issuing a password reset is the way and it is easy – but it obviously requires a correct email address!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-change-a-user-password/24058/14 "2019-03-19T17:35:23Z")

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-manually-change-a-user-password/24058/15 "2019-03-20T04:11:53Z")

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