---
title: "How to Reset Your Admin Password in CMSimple"
description: "CMSimple, not to be confused with CMS Made Simple, is a databaseless CMS (like Grav). This is a way to reduce the possibility of hacks against your domain name. But CMSimple uses HTML/CSS and an..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/reset-cmsimple-admin-password/
date: 2019-06-11
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Security", "Website"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Reset Your Admin Password in CMSimple

[CMSimple](https://cmsimple.org/en/), not to be confused with [CMS *Made Simple*](/support/website/cms-made-simple/), is a databaseless CMS (like [Grav](https://cmsimple.org/en/)). This is a way to reduce the possibility of hacks against your domain name. But CMSimple uses [HTML](/support/website/website-design/introduction-web-design/)/[CSS](/support/website/the-benefits-of-css/) and an text/visual editor style familiar to [WordPress](/support/edu/wordpress/) users.

If you install CMSimple manually or forget your password, you’ll need to edit your config.php file to reset it. Below we cover how to **reset your CMSimple admin password.**.

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## Reset CMSimple Password

1. Edit the CMSimple config.php file using [cPanel File Manager or FTP](/support/website/how-to-edit-a-file/).
2. Replace the line including *$cf[‘security’][‘password’]=”* with`$cf['security']['password']="\$P\$BxAqSVtvibGUSTyiCouFJZ5RKzmZn81";`
3. Login *yourdomain.com*/?Welcome_to_CMSimple&login (or click **Login** at the bottom-right) with the password *test* – no user.
4. Click the **CMS** link in the warning to reset your password.[![click CMS link to update password](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/cmsimple/cmsimple-default-pw-in-use.png)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/cmsimple/cmsimple-default-pw-in-use.png)
5. Type a new password and click **Save**. It’ll update and state *Datafile saved*.[![change CMSimple password](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/cmsimple/cmsimple-config-password.png)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/cmsimple/cmsimple-config-password.png)

Learn more about [CMSimple](/support/website/cmsimple) in our Support Center with more articles coming soon.