{"id":1991,"date":"2016-11-30T05:56:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T05:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowband.com\/blog\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2022-08-13T12:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T07:45:13","slug":"how-to-reset-opencart-admin-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowband.com\/blog\/opencart-tutorials\/how-to-reset-opencart-admin-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Opencart admin password?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you lost your OpenCart password? You might be surprised to learn that this is a problem with admin panels quite frequently.<\/p>\n

You can update the password in the database if you’ve forgotten your OpenCart admin password. Your account’s password must be changed using phpMyAdmin in cPanel.<\/p>\n

Most of the times, it happens when you forget or lost your admin login password and are not even able to recover it using forgot password link.\u00a0In this case, the only way to regain access to the admin panel is to reset the password directly from the\u00a0database. The steps to reset the password from the\u00a0database are easy, but can cause a\u00a0critical issue if not performed properly. The tutorial discusses the steps to reset\u00a0OpenCart admin password.<\/p>\n

Before proceeding further, we recommend you to take backup of your complete database, just in case.<\/p>\n

You need to perform following steps to reset your Opencart admin user password.<\/p>\n

\"Reset<\/a><\/p>\n

Step #1:<\/strong> Login to\u00a0PhpMyAdmin.\u00a0PhpMyAdmin is a tool which\u00a0is used to access Mysql database.<\/p>\n

Step #2:<\/strong> Click on your database name and open table oc_user (we are assuming here that your database prefix is oc_).<\/p>\n

\"reset-opencart-admin-password-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Step #3:<\/strong> Now click on the edit button against your user-name.<\/p>\n

\"reset-opencart-admin-password-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Step #4:<\/strong> Now, select md5 for Password field and enter your new password.<\/p>\n

Step #5:<\/strong> Click on the Go button below to reset your password.<\/p>\n

Step #6:<\/strong> Now, you should be able to login admin panel with your new password.<\/p>\n

These are steps to reset OpenCart\u00a0admin password.<\/p>\n

Feel free to contact us<\/a>, if you face any issues with the steps mentioned above. Moreover, visit Knowband and avail the solution to your eCommerce platform related issues for mainly these platforms-\u00a0OpenCart<\/a>,\u00a0Magento<\/a>, Magento 2, Woocommerce, and\u00a0PrestaShop<\/a>. We do offer customized\u00a0plugin development services\u00a0for these platforms.<\/p>\n

Check out No Code Mobile App Builder Solution<\/a> that every Opencart Admin\u00a0must have:<\/p>\n

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