How to reset my Drupal admin password?
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Drupal 8
Use Drush to change the password on your Drupal 8. Execute the following command:
drush8 user-password someuser --password="enter-new-password"Change someuser with your actual username and the new password.
Drupal 7
To change the admin password of your Drupal website, create a new file named user_hash.php in the public_html folder of your website and place the following code in it:
<?php
define('DRUPAL_ROOT', getcwd());
require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/bootstrap.inc';
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
require_once 'includes/password.inc';
echo user_hash_password('123456');
die();
menu_execute_active_handler();
?>Replace 123456 with your actual desired password. You can create and edit the file from your Site Tools > Site > File Manager.
Then, open https://yourdomainname.com/user_hash.php (replace yourdomainname.com with your actual domain name) in your browser and you will see a very long string. Copy the string and go to your Site Tools > Site > MySQL > phpMyAdmin. Select the database of your website > SQL and type the following text:
update users set pass=md5(NEWPASS) where uid = 1;
Change NEWPASS with the string you copied earlier and click on GO.