# Password change

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648 "2018-01-18T18:38:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![bruce\_harwell](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bruce\_harwell](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/bruce_harwell)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/1 "2018-01-18T18:38:25Z")

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can not login in, and can not changes password

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### Author: ![davekr8](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/davekr8/32/2304_2.png) [@davekr8](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/davekr8)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/2 "2018-01-18T20:43:25Z")

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`pihole -a -p` on a shell might help to reset the password of the web-frontend.

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### Author: ![jacob.salmela](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jacob.salmela/32/8_2.png) [@jacob.salmela](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jacob.salmela)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/3 "2018-01-20T01:16:32Z")

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[https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-set-or-reset-the-web-interface-password/1328](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-set-or-reset-the-web-interface-password/1328)

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/4 "2018-10-12T13:54:31Z")

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11 posts were split to a new topic: [Password for pre-configured Pi-Hole](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-for-pre-configured-pi-hole/13629)

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### Author: ![blauber](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/blauber/32/5224_2.png) [@blauber](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/blauber)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/5 "2018-10-12T13:58:17Z")

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I'll be damn 🙂 I had been to that page but didn't see the very bottom where in the Comments it gave the login details

## Comments

> **StakeBox Staff** - September 11, 2018
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> @Christian Default login credentials are:  
> Username: adblock  
> Password: blackhole

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### Author: ![jfb](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/jfb/32/4332_2.png) [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/6 "2018-10-12T16:42:12Z")

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2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Password for pre-configured Pi-Hole](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-for-pre-configured-pi-hole/13629/12)

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### Author: ![SEUG](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/seug/32/28396_2.png) [@SEUG](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/SEUG)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/7 "2021-12-03T07:02:44Z")

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where do I type this in?  
what is command line

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### Author: ![yubiuser](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/yubiuser/32/12100_2.png) [@yubiuser](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/yubiuser)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/password-change/6648/8 "2021-12-03T09:28:11Z")

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> [@SEUG](#):
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> what is command line

How did you install Pi-hole?