Umbraco CMS admin password reset

Did you forget your Umbraco admin password? Use the following SQL query to reset your Umbraco admin password in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or MySQL
Published on Thursday, 17 November 2011
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In phpMyAdmin or MySQL shell

UPDATE UMBRACOUSER
SET userdisabled=0, userLogin='admin',
  userPassword='bnWxWyFdCueCcKrqniYK9iAS+7E='
WHERE id=0;

This query resets your password to default.

In SQL Server Management Studio

UPDATE [databasename].[dbo].[umbracoUser]
  set userdisabled=0, userLogin='admin', userPassword='bnWxWyFdCueCcKrqniYK9iAS+7E='
  where id=0

Umbraco admin reset .NET project
Richard Soeteman created an Umbraco Admin reset project which sets the admin username to Admin and sets the password to Admin1234!. You can find the project here.

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