{"id":1605,"date":"2012-07-24T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T11:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/07\/24\/remind-admin-username\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:01:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:01:50","slug":"remind-admin-username","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/remind-admin-username\/","title":{"rendered":"I forgot my Joomla 3 admin username"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re having trouble <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">logging into your dashboard<\/a> because you\u2019ve forgotten your Joomla 3 admin username, you can have Joomla remind you of it by emailing it to you. In this tutorial, we\u2019ll show you how to do this.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Visit your Joomla 3 admin login page. You can do this by adding \/administrator to the end of your site\u2019s URL (as in https:\/\/example.com\/administrator).<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Remind<\/strong> button<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla-3_getting-started_click-remind.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla-3_getting-started_click-remind.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"click-remind\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>As instructed, enter your <strong>Email Address<\/strong> and then click <strong>Submit<\/strong>.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla-3_getting-started_enter-email-and-click-submit.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"enter-email-and-click-submit\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-8022\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla-3_getting-started_enter-email-and-click-submit.gif\" width=\"970\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>You should then see the following message:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Message<\/strong><br><em>Reminder successfully sent. Please check your email.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you check your email, you should see a reminder email from your Joomla 3 website informing you of your admin username:<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla-3_getting-started_admin-username-email-reminder.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"admin-username-email-reminder\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-8023\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/edu_joomla-3_getting-started_admin-username-email-reminder.gif\" width=\"705\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re having trouble logging into your dashboard because you\u2019ve forgotten your Joomla 3 admin username, you can have Joomla remind you of it by emailing it to you. In this tutorial, we\u2019ll show you how to do this. Visit your Joomla 3 admin login page. 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