# 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")\
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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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