how to change admin password from database in magento

If you forget your admin password you want to reset  magento admin password through PhpMyAdmin .

Now you simply need to know what is suffix your magento password is using . Just see the current encrypted password by
SELECT * FROM admin_user;
suppose your password value is “e53f3a2b9372babb593ed61c119c5ee1:El” then your suffix is El (i.e., last two character after  🙂
Suppose new password that you want to change is “magentoadmin” then sumply run following command
UPDATE admin_user SET password =CONCAT(MD5(‘Eladmin123′),’:El’) WHERE username = ‘admin’;
Your admin password has got changed now enjoy.

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