[How To] Plesk Admin Password Recovery/Reset

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Hello all,

If you did forget your Plesk Admin Access there are some way to recovery or to reset it. Here I will post some of them.

Linux:
For this you need SSH access as root or sudo.

Password Recovery/Reset (Plesk 10 to 11.5):

Code:

/usr/local/psa/bin/admin --show-password

Code:

/usr/local/psa/bin/init_conf -u -passwd *new password*

Password Reset (plesk 12+):
You can use the Plesk Login command to access the web interface and from there you can set a new Admin password.

Code:

plesk login

Or you can use the command bellow to set a new password directly over SSH (we recommend to use "unset HISTFILE" first so that this is not logged in plain text on the server)

Code:

plesk bin admin --set-admin-password -passwd *new password*

Windows:
Connect over RDP on a user with Admin rights, then Execute (win+r):

Code:

%plesk_bin%\plesksrvclient.exe

Or over CMD:

Plesk Onyx:

Code:

plesk bin admin --set-password -passwd <new_password>

Plesk 12.5 and bellow:

Code:

"%plesk_bin%\\plesksrvclient" -set <new_password>

Do not use this one on Plesk Onyx as it will break Plesk!

You can read more about it on the Plesk Documentation:
https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213381869
https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213410689

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