# Admin Password Reset
URL: https://docs.valsight.ai/admin-password-reset/
Description: How to reset the admin user password directly in the application database of a Valsight On-Premise installation.
You can reset the password of the "admin" user directly in the application database if it is no longer known.

*Important: This article applies only to Valsight On-Premise. For Cloud installations, contact support.*

Stop the Valsight instance before accessing the database.

To reset the password of user "admin" back to "admin", run the following SQL command on the application's database.

```sql
update app_user set local_password = '$2a$10$rTYJoj06.Fa16rLNDOkNouLvI2ovzjjyJ2EarynXsWyVF.HP0XQ7y' where username = 'admin';
```