# Reset user password by Admin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-user-password-by-admin/56987
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 6, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-user-password-by-admin/56987 "2017-02-06T16:41:18Z")
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### Author: ![JagWaugh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagwaugh/32/69335_2.png) [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-user-password-by-admin/56987/2 "2017-02-06T16:44:34Z")

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Here is how I do it.

> [@Changing a user's email address when they can't access their account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/howto-change-a-users-email-when-they-cant-access-the-email-account/56322):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to change a user’s email address when they can’t access their original email account and have forgotten their password. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator There are situations where you may need to change a user’s email address on their behalf, such as when they no longer have access to the email associated with their account. This often occurs after migrating from a preexisting system where users logged in with a username and password…

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