{"id":9345,"date":"2024-10-21T06:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/?p=9345"},"modified":"2024-10-21T06:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T06:26:01","slug":"change-your-vtiger-admin-password-in-simple-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/change-your-vtiger-admin-password-in-simple-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Your vtiger Admin Password in Simple Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 1,936<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>\n<p>To modify the admin password in vTiger, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Log in to vTiger<\/strong>: Use your admin credentials to access the vTiger dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Navigate to User Management<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the <strong>Settings<\/strong> icon (usually a gear icon).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look for <strong>User Management<\/strong> or <strong>Users<\/strong> in the settings menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>    3. <strong>Edit Admin User<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Find the admin user account you want to modify. Click on the username or the edit icon next to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>    4. <strong>Change Password<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the user details, look for the <strong>Password<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the new password in the provided fields. You may need to confirm it by typing it again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>    5. <strong>Save Changes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>After entering the new password, click on <strong>Save<\/strong> to apply the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>    6. <strong>Log Out and Test<\/strong>: Log out of your account and try logging back in with the new password to ensure it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If You Can&#8217;t Log In<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can&#8217;t access vTiger due to a forgotten password:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Database Access<\/strong>: Use a tool like phpMyAdmin to access your vTiger database.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Find the Users Table<\/strong>: Look for the <code><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">vtiger_users<\/mark><\/code> table.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Locate Admin User<\/strong>: Find the row corresponding to the admin user.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Update Password<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You will need to update the password field using an MD5 hash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For example, if your new password is <code><mark style=\"background-color:#fcb900\" class=\"has-inline-color\">newpassword<\/mark><\/code>, you can use the following SQL command:<br><code><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">sql UPDATE vtiger_users SET user_password = MD5('newpassword') WHERE user_name = 'admin';<\/mark><\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>    5. <strong>Log In<\/strong>: After executing the query, you should be able to log in with the new password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Always remember to keep your admin passwords secure and consider using a password manager for better management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reading the above-mentioned steps about simply modifying the admin password in the case of vTiger, you can set a new password without any issues along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/managed-vtiger-solutions\"><mark style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>best Vtiger hosting<\/strong><\/mark><\/a> solutions. Here, there are also steps related to if you can\u2019t use vTiger just because of a forgotten password to resolve this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1,936 Views To modify the admin password in vTiger, you can follow these steps: 3. Edit Admin User: 4. Change Password: 5. Save Changes: 6. Log Out and Test: Log out of your account and try logging back in with the new password to ensure it works. If You Can&#8217;t Log In If you can&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vtiger-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9350,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9345\/revisions\/9350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitivehost.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}