# lost password

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-password/174986>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-password/174986 "2017-01-08T15:55:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rapier51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@rapier51](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rapier51)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-password/174986/1 "2017-01-08T15:55:46Z")

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and Plex has chosen the most stupid policy whereby one must know your password to change it or otherwise has no obvious way to request a change.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-password/174986/2 "2017-01-08T17:04:23Z")

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[https://plex.tv/users/password/new](https://plex.tv/users/password/new)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/lost-password/174986/3 "2020-01-07T22:33:34Z")

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