# Passwords and reset

You can change your own password in the admin. NextPress sends no email, so there is no "forgot password" link. If someone cannot sign in, a person with access to the server sets a new password from the command line.

## Change your password

1. Open **Your account** in the sidebar, under **System**.
2. Press **Change password**.
3. Fill in **Current password**, **New password** and **Confirm new password**. The new password needs at least 8 characters.
4. Press **Change password**.

Your other devices are signed out.

## Reset a locked-out account on a server

Only someone who can sign in to the server can do this. Keep server access to people you trust.

**1. Sign in to the server**

**2. Run the command with the account's email or username**

```bash
nextpress reset-password ada@example.com
```

**3. At New password, type the new password. Nothing shows as you type**

**4. At Type it again, type it once more**

On success the command prints:

```text
Password changed for ada@example.com. They were signed out everywhere; sign in with the new password.
```

The person is signed out on every device. Your sites stay online. If NextPress is installed outside `/opt/nextpress`, add `--install-dir` with the folder, as with other commands.

## Reset from a script

Pipe the password in with `--password-stdin`, so it never appears in the command line or the shell history:

```bash
printf '%s\n' "$NEW_PASSWORD" | nextpress reset-password ada@example.com --password-stdin
```

Keep the script and the variable private.

## Reset on your own computer

**1. Stop the development server. The local database can be used by one program at a time**

**2. In the project folder, run**

```bash
pnpm reset-password ada@example.com
```

**3. Type the new password twice**

## Reset messages

| Message | What to do |
| --- | --- |
| No account uses "…". Check the email or username and try again. | Check the spelling. Case does not matter |
| The two passwords don't match. Nothing was changed. | Run the command again and type the same password twice |
| Use at least 8 characters. Nothing was changed. | Choose a longer password |
| This NextPress version can't reset passwords yet. Run: nextpress upgrade | Upgrade, then try again |
| NextPress is not running. Start it first: nextpress restart | Run nextpress restart , then try again |
| Refusing to ask for a password without an interactive terminal. Pipe it in with --password-stdin. | Run it in a terminal, or use --password-stdin |
| The new password could not be confirmed. Run the command again. | Run the command again |

## Next steps

- [Roles](/docs/people/roles).
- [The nextpress command](/docs/self-hosting/nextpress-command).
- [Troubleshooting](/docs/self-hosting/troubleshooting).