How to reset forgotten password in Umbraco CMS
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Resetting User password in Umbraco via email
You've lost your user password and can't log in to Umbraco back-office? If so, go through the above steps to login and use Umbraco again!
Step 1: Navigate to Umbraco welcome page
First, you need to navigate to Umbraco welcome panel and click the "Forgotten password" link.
Umbraco welcome page - forgotten password link
Step 2: Fill email address linked to your Umbraco user account
Enter your email and submit the form.
Umbraco welcome page - entering email to recover
Step 3: Submit the form
Umbraco welcome page - reset password summary
Step 4: Check your inbox
Umbraco password reset requested email
Step 4: Set new password
Umbraco setting new password
Umbraco is not sending emais? Fix the configuration
Find <notifications> section in \config\umbracoSettings.config file:
<notifications>
<!-- the email that should be used as from mail when umbraco sends a notification -->
<!-- you can add a display name to the email like this: <email>Your display name here <your@email.here></email> -->
<email>noreply@piotrbach.com</email>
</notifications>
Set mail settings configuration win web.config file
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp from="noreply@piotrbach.com">
<network port="[PORT]" host="[HOST]" userName="noreply@piotrbach.com" password="[PASSWORD]" />
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
Once email settings are well configured, you should get an email to you inbox.