---
title: "How to reset my phpList admin password"
description: "In this article we'll cover how you can reset your phpList admin password, in case you've forgotten it, and for some reason don't have access to the phpList admin email account. If you do still have..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/phplist/how-to-reset-my-phplist-admin-password/
date: 2012-12-31
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["phpList", "Security", "Website"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to reset my phpList admin password

In this article we’ll cover how you can reset your phpList admin password, in case you’ve forgotten it, and for some reason don’t have access to the phpList admin email account.

If you do still have access to the phpList admin email account, you can follow our guide on [how to retreive my phpList admin password](/support/edu/phplist/how-to-retrieve-my-phplist-admin-password/), as you can simply have your admin password emailed to you this way.

## Reset the phpList admin password

Follow these steps to reset the phpList admin password in your phpList database, using phpMyAdmin.

1. [Login to your cPanel](/support/edu/cpanel/how-to-log-into-cpanel/)
2. [![click on phpmyadmin icon in cpanel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_databases-phpmyadmin.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_databases-phpmyadmin.png) Under the **Databases** section, click on **phpMyAdmin**.
3. ![click on phplist database name](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_click-on-database-name.png) From the left-hand pane, click on your phpList database name, in our case this is **userna1_phpli55**.
4. ![click on pl_admin table](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_click-on-pl_admin-table.png)From the left-hand pane, click on the **pl_admin** table.
5. [![click on edit for admin row](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_click-on-edit-for-admin-row.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_click-on-edit-for-admin-row.png) Click on **Edit** on the row that has the **loginname** of **admin**.
6. [![fill in new admin password click go](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_fill-in-new-admin-password-click-go.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_fill-in-new-admin-password-click-go.png) In the **password** field, type in your new password you want to use, then click **Go** at the bottom.
7. [![password updated successfully](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_password-updated-successfully.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_phplist_reset-password_password-updated-successfully.png) You should see phpMyAdmin respond with a success message of **1 row affected**.

You should now have successfully reset your phpList admin password. Go ahead and attempt to login to your phpList admin dashboard again with this new password that you’ve set.