# 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: ![RahulSharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@RahulSharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RahulSharma)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-user-password-by-admin/56987/4 "2017-02-06T17:00:59Z")

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He is having issue with his registered mail account and hence unable to reset. He is asking me to reset his password. That’s all. No offence, but I think the admin should have the ability to reset it to a temporary password that expires in a day.

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