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<div align=justify>Once you have installed Gallery for your site you need to log in to manage it.
Sometimes there are cases when you do not remember your Gallery password any longer and cannot recover it. So what to do now? How to reset the admin password or change it to something different?
This tutorial will provide you with the steps needed to reset the admin password for your Gallery site.


A nice way to change the admin password is using your cPanel phphMyAdmin tool. It allows you either to reset the admin password or change the password for some of the users.

'''1'''. Log in to your '''cPanel => phpMyAdmin''' (located under the 'Databases' section).

'''2'''. The list of your databases will appear. '''Choose your gallery database''' from that list. 

'''3'''. Look for the '''users''' tab.

'''4'''. Find your '''admin user''' and click 'Edit'

'''5'''. In the 'password' field '''type the new admin passwor'''d and choose '''MD5''' from the drop-down menu next to the 'password' field.

'''6'''. Click 'Go' to the right bottom.

'''7'''. Test your Gallery admin password by logging in.

In case you have reset the admin password but still cannot log in, check that all the above steps are followed correctly and you have the new admin password typed in the proper field with MD5 being chosen there.


Use the same steps to change the password for any user allowed to log in to your Gallery site.</div>

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