{"id":22262,"date":"2025-02-19T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000286845-i-have-forgotten-my-servers-password-how-do-i-reset-my-servers-password\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T16:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:39:48","slug":"103000286845-i-have-forgotten-my-servers-password-how-do-i-reset-my-servers-password","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000286845-i-have-forgotten-my-servers-password-how-do-i-reset-my-servers-password\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Forgotten My Servers Password, How Do I Reset My Servers Password?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>If you have forgotten your server password or simply want to reset your server password, you can do it via the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u dir=\"ltr\">Customer Control Portal here<\/u><\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please note that the &#8220;Password reset&#8221; task in the Customer Control Panel only works for the &#8220;root&#8221; user on Linux.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">You can find more details on <a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000271632-i-have-forgotten-my-servers-password-how-do-i-reset-my-servers-password-\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>how to reset your password in the article here<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">You can also watch a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VILIrXldDnk\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong><strong dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VILIrXldDnk\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong><u><strong dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VILIrXldDnk\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>video on how to reset your password here<\/u><\/a>.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000286845-i-have-forgotten-my-servers-password-how-do-i-reset-my-servers-password-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have forgotten your server password or simply want to reset your server password, you can do it via the Customer Control Portal here. Please note that the &#8220;Password reset&#8221; task in the Customer Control Panel only works for the &#8220;root&#8221; user on Linux. 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