---
title: "How to reset my OpenCart Admin Password"
description: "It can be hard to keep up with all the different passwords for your account. If you've forgot your admin password for OpenCart, you can reset the password in the database. You'll have to use..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/opencart/how-to-reset-my-opencart-admin-password/
date: 2012-03-27
modified: 2021-11-15
author: "Carrie Smaha"
categories: ["OpenCart", "Security"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to reset my OpenCart Admin Password

It can be hard to keep up with all the different passwords for your account. If you’ve forgot your admin password for OpenCart, you can reset the password in the database. You’ll have to use phpMyAdmin in cPanel to change the password to the admin account.

Since you’ll be resetting the password to “password” it’s very important to make sure once you are logged in to the OpenCart Admin Dashboard, to change it to something more secure. Remember you can host multiple websites with our [Shared Hosting](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/shared-hosting) plans.

## How to change your OpenCart Password in phpMyAdmin

1. [Log into cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/) and click on [phpMyAdmin](/support/)
2. Open the database that your OpenCart store uses
3. [![OpenCart User Table](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/opencart_oc-phpmyadmin-users-table-edit-admin-1024x306.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/opencart_oc-phpmyadmin-users-table-edit-admin.png)Find the “*user*” table and then click on *Edit*, next to your “admin” user entry.
4. [![OpenCart Admin Password Change](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/opencart_oc-phpmyadmin-admin-password-change-1.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/opencart_oc-phpmyadmin-admin-password-change-1.png) Write your preferred password in the *password* field. From the function dropdown to the left, select **MD5**. Press **Go** at the bottom to save your settings.
5. Now, attempt to[ log into the OpenCart Dashboard](/support/) with your new password

If you need further assistance please feel free to [ask a question on our support center](/support/questions/).

To find out more on using InMotion’s web hosting solutions for OpenCart, click on [OpenCart Hosting with InMotion](/support/edu/opencart/).