How to Change your Plesk password
Change Plesk Password
- Firstly, log in to Plesk and click Edit Profile.
- You can change your email address or account password.
- Next, type and confirm your new password under Confirm Password in the profile setting to change your password.
- Cick OK.
Change Username or Password for Subscription
To change username or password for connecting to your subscription over FTP or SSH:
- Firstly, login to Plesk and go to Websites & Domains.
- Secondly, select Web Hosting Access.
- Type new username and password.
- Lastly, click OK.
Change Contact Information
- Log in to Plesk.
- Next, hover over your name at the top of the page.
- Then click on Edit Profile.
- Select Contact Details.
- Update your information and click OK when you’re done.
If I forgot my Plesk admin password, how can I retrieve it?
If required, it is also possible to get the plain text version of the Plesk admin password. Depending on the Plesk version and operating system, the process varies.
Linux server:
- Plesk version 10.2 or higher
- Plesk version 10.1 or lower
Windows server
You must perform the following step to retrieve the Plesk admin password in plain text.
Linux server:
The Plesk password can only be accessed by logging in to the panel by SSH and the user root. Please also refer to the following article:
How can I log on to my server in PuTTY?
Plesk version 10.2
Log in to the SSH panel as user root and then enter the following command:
/usr/local/psa/bin/admin –show-password |
How to display your Plesk password.
Plesk versions older than 10.2
Log in to the SSH panel as user root and then enter the following command:
more /etc/psa/.psa.shadow |
Use Start / Execute/ cmd [Enter] to open the prompt and then enter the command here:
| “%plesk_bin%\\plesksrvclient” -get |
A popup with the Plesk password in plain text will be shown once you enter the command.
If the password you’ve just retrieved doesn’t work, there’s a chance that another password is kept in the Plesk MySQL database. To avoid needing to reinstall the system, you can modify this password directly in the MySQL database.
