# How should a user request a password reset when they do not remember the e-mail address that one of their accounts utilises?

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**Category:** Support
**Tags:** email, login
**Created:** [August 3, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-a-user-request-a-password-reset-when-they-do-not-remember-the-e-mail-address-that-one-of-their-accounts-utilises/409201 "2026-08-03T22:09:20Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-should-a-user-request-a-password-reset-when-they-do-not-remember-the-e-mail-address-that-one-of-their-accounts-utilises/409201/10 "2026-08-04T22:28:36Z")

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> [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](#):
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> Had I not been able to discover my e-mail address, I would have been out of luck.

That’s right. If you want to use a service and continue to use the service, it’s your responsibility to know what email address you used. If you forget, then you have to create a new account. The alternatives are all much worse. Email the admin (who does not publish their email address, so you’ll need to create a new account to contact them), then say “Uh, I created an account with an email address that I don’t know. I can’t prove I own it, since I don’t know what it is.” Or you could ask “I created a username secret123, I forgot what email address I used, can you tell me?”

If you’re paranoid enough to use random email addresses then you’re paranoid enough that you use a password manager that will remember the info for you, otherwise, you’re out of luck.

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