# Password xibo server

**URL:** https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/password-xibo-server/5842
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [April 27, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/password-xibo-server/5842 "2016-04-27T15:57:47Z")
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### Author: ![Peter](https://community.xibo.org.uk/user_avatar/community.xibo.org.uk/peter/32/8154_2.png) [@Peter](https://community.xibo.org.uk/u/Peter)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/password-xibo-server/5842/2 "2016-04-28T08:49:41Z")

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> [@How do I reset the xibo\_admin account password?](https://community.xibo.org.uk/t/how-do-i-reset-the-xibo-admin-account-password/29):
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> If you’ve forgotten your xibo\_admin account password and don’t have any way to recover access to your Xibo system, you can reset the xibo\_admin account password as follows: Connect to the Xibo database and run the following SQL. You could do that from the mysql command line application, or via a web interface such as PHPMyAdmin: UPDATE `user` set `UserPassword` = MD5('password'), CSPRNG = 0 WHERE `UserID` = 1 LIMIT 1; Your xibo\_admin password will then be “password”. Please ensure you the…

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