Answers.Body: <p>If you can access the users table, change the admin email to yours, then just use the forgot password link</p>
  
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Body: <p>I recently inherited a project in Craft from another developer, but he's moved on and no one knows what his admin password was.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried generating a password on an account with a fresh install and copying that over the hashed password in MySQL without success.  Are there any other options?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
Tags: <admin><password>
Title: Reset the password of an admin account
ThreadText: # Reset the password of an admin account
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-26)
  
  I recently inherited a project in Craft from another developer, but he's moved on and no one knows what his admin password was.
  
  I've tried generating a password on an account with a fresh install and copying that over the hashed password in MySQL without success. Are there any other options?
  
  Thanks.
  
  **Tags:** admin, password
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-26. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  If you can access the users table, change the admin email to yours, then just use the forgot password link
  
  
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