{"id":1213,"date":"2012-03-15T19:55:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T19:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/03\/15\/change-user-email\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T13:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:16:58","slug":"joomla-change-user-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/joomla-change-user-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change a Joomla 2.5 User&#8217;s Email Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert alert-danger\">Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Joomla!_CMS_versions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When you initially create an account in Joomla 2.5, you enter an email address to associate with the account. If you change your email address in real life, then you\u2019ll also need to change your email address in Joomla. In this tutorial, we\u2019ll walk you through the steps for updating a user\u2019s email address in your Joomla Dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To update a Joomla 2.5 user\u2019s email address:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 2.5 Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the top menu, under <strong>Users<\/strong> click <strong>User Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Use the <strong>Search Users<\/strong> feature to find the user you want to edit. You can simply type in the user\u2019s current email address or their username and click <strong>Search<\/strong>. Once you have found the user, click their username in the list<\/li>\n<li>Update the <strong>Email<\/strong> address, and then click <strong>Save<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edu_joomla25_change-email-address_update-email-address-and-click-save.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/edu_joomla25_change-email-address_update-email-address-and-click-save.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"update-email-address-and-click-save\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Congratulations, you have just manually updated the email address of a Joomla 2.5 user.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. 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