{"id":4284,"date":"2018-03-19T11:46:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T11:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2024-04-24T08:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T07:59:49","slug":"reset-whmcs-admin-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Simple Steps to Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You all might be aware that it is recommended to disable the admin reset link on WHMCS<\/a><\/strong> as a secure measure. So, many of you might have disabled it. Suppose you lose the admin password you won\u2019t be able to stay in touch with your business. No need to worry as you can reset the WHMCS admin password via mysql.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a cPanel server, follow the below steps to reset your WHMCS admin password:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Login to cPanel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Select phpMyAdmin<\/strong> and navigate into the phpMyAdmin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

3. Search for your WHMCS database<\/strong> in the left sidebar navigation of phpMyAdmin<\/strong> and click on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Next you need to search for the table \u201ctbladmins<\/strong>\u201d. Once you select the table, click on \u201cBrowse<\/strong>\u201d and then find the administrator for which you want to change the password and click on \u201cEdit<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

If you don’t remember the database name of your WHMCS installation, you can check  the configuration.php<\/b> file located in the root folder:<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

5. On the next page, go to the \u201cPassword<\/strong>\u201d section and select \u201cMD5<\/strong>\u201d from the drop down menu and then type your new password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"

6. Click on the Go<\/strong> button and then try logging to WHMCS with the new admin password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, this is a simple process to reset your WHMCS password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You all might be aware that it is recommended to disable the admin reset link on WHMCS as a secure measure. So, many of you might have disabled it. Suppose you lose the admin password you won\u2019t be able to stay in touch with your business. No need to worry as you can reset the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":4285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[418,152,417],"class_list":["post-4284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","placeholder-for-hentry","category-cpanel-faq","tag-admin-password","tag-cpanel","tag-whmcs"],"yoast_head":"\nReset Your WHMCS Admin Password in Six Simple Steps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lost your WHMCS password? Don't worry this simple guide will help you to reset your WHMCS admin password without any hassle.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password in Six Simple Steps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lost your WHMCS password? Don't worry this simple guide will help you to reset your WHMCS admin password without any hassle.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-19T11:46:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-24T07:59:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pallavi Godse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pallavi Godse\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/\",\"name\":\"Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password in Six Simple Steps\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-19T11:46:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-24T07:59:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3952607fa9eb4e82fea9f7cad9c945\"},\"description\":\"Lost your WHMCS password? Don't worry this simple guide will help you to reset your WHMCS admin password without any hassle.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Six Simple Steps to Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/\",\"name\":\"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3952607fa9eb4e82fea9f7cad9c945\",\"name\":\"Pallavi Godse\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eefc9695ea2b2c6e143c9c9919701aaa?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eefc9695ea2b2c6e143c9c9919701aaa?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pallavi Godse\"},\"description\":\"Pallavi is a Digital Marketing Executive at MilesWeb and has an experience of over 4 years in content development. She is interested in writing engaging content on business, technology, web hosting and other topics related to information technology.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/author\/pallavi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password in Six Simple Steps","description":"Lost your WHMCS password? Don't worry this simple guide will help you to reset your WHMCS admin password without any hassle.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password in Six Simple Steps","og_description":"Lost your WHMCS password? Don't worry this simple guide will help you to reset your WHMCS admin password without any hassle.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/","og_site_name":"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb","article_published_time":"2018-03-19T11:46:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-24T07:59:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Pallavi Godse","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pallavi Godse","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/","url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/","name":"Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password in Six Simple Steps","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-19T11:46:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-24T07:59:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3952607fa9eb4e82fea9f7cad9c945"},"description":"Lost your WHMCS password? Don't worry this simple guide will help you to reset your WHMCS admin password without any hassle.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WHMCS-password-reset.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/reset-whmcs-admin-password\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Six Simple Steps to Reset Your WHMCS Admin Password"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/","name":"Web Hosting FAQs by MilesWeb","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3952607fa9eb4e82fea9f7cad9c945","name":"Pallavi Godse","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eefc9695ea2b2c6e143c9c9919701aaa?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eefc9695ea2b2c6e143c9c9919701aaa?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Pallavi Godse"},"description":"Pallavi is a Digital Marketing Executive at MilesWeb and has an experience of over 4 years in content development. She is interested in writing engaging content on business, technology, web hosting and other topics related to information technology.","url":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/author\/pallavi\/"}]}},"views":4417,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4284"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15711,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284\/revisions\/15711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}