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# Password reset
## If you have access to your GitProtect Management Service
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Login to **Management Service**, open **Settings** (gear ⚙️ icon in the bottom-left corner) and select **Accounts**.
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Find your root account and click the **edit** (✏️) icon.
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Enter your old password and your new password in the correct fields, then click **Change**.
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Keep in mind that when you're creating a new root account password you **have to meet the password complexity requirements**.
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By default, the system remembers **three most recently used passwords**, which **cannot be used again when creating a new password —** the number of previously used passwords that must remain unique can be adjusted in the **Unique new passwords** section under ⚙️**Settings** > **Advanced**.
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Hit the **Save** button to finish. Your password should now be successfully changed.
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## If you don't have access to your GitProtect Management Service
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Open your **Management Service** login page and click **Forgot password?** link under credentials fields.
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Enter the email address associated with your root account and hit **Send me a recovery link** button.
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You will see a message confirming the password reset has been initiated. Follow the next steps based on your deployment model (SaaS or on-premise):
**a. For SaaS model:**
1. If the password reset was initiated correctly you will see the following message:
2. Open your inbox, find the email from **GitProtect & GitProtect.io** and click the **Password reset** button.
3. Set a new password for your root account and press **Save**.
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Keep in mind when you're creating a new root account password you **have to meet the password complexity requirements**.
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By default, the system remembers **three most recently used passwords**, which **cannot be used again when creating a new password —** the number of previously used passwords that must remain unique can be adjusted in the **Unique new passwords** section under ⚙️**Settings** > **Advanced**.
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4. You will receive a confirmation once the password is changed successfully.
**b. For on-premise model:**
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The following steps apply to the on-prem model **without a configured SMTP server**. When the SMTP server is configured, the on-prem version processes the password reset via email, similarly to the SaaS model.
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1. Once you see the following message, your root account password is already changed.
2. You can find it in a .txt file in the following path:
> C:\ProgramData\GitProtect\GitProtect Backup\&Recovery Service\pwdreset\
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