# How to reset elastic user?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reset-elastic-user/192750>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reset-elastic-user/192750 "2019-07-29T17:16:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Duggina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Duggina](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Duggina)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reset-elastic-user/192750/1 "2019-07-29T17:16:25Z")

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Hi,

is there any way to reset elastic user password with out going to the deployment/security ?

Thanks  
Gopala

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reset-elastic-user/192750/3 "2019-07-29T17:34:18Z")

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See this awesome post from @TimV from last year : [X-Pack Authentication issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-authentication-issue/121632/7)

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**Author:** ![Duggina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Duggina](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Duggina)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reset-elastic-user/192750/4 "2019-08-07T19:55:51Z")

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Thank you @ikakavas

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-reset-elastic-user/192750/5 "2019-09-04T19:55:53Z")

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