# Resetting a lost admin password

The normal ways to recover a lost password are:

1. Click the password reset link on the login screen; this appears after a failed login attempt. This works only if you have entered your email address on your Personal page in the Nextcloud Web interface, so that the Nextcloud server can email a reset link to you.

2. Ask another Nextcloud server admin to reset it for you.

If neither of these is an option, then you have a third option, and that is using the `occ` command. See Using the occ command to learn more about using the `occ` command.

    $ sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ user:resetpassword admin
    Enter a new password:
    Confirm the new password:
    Successfully reset password for admin

If your Nextcloud username is not `admin`, then substitute your Nextcloud username.

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