<p>For security reasons, this was changed in <a href="http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2615" rel="noreferrer">Craft 2.3...</a></p>

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  <p>Admins are no longer allowed to change other users’ passwords.</p>
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<p>But savvy admins can still pull it off... Simply click the gear icon in the right sidebar, and select "Copy password reset URL". Then, instead of sending that URL to the user, just use it yourself.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xNuA1.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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2015-07-15T17:27:08.060Z
2015-07-15T17:27:08.060Z
Lindsey D
<p>When you create a new user in the craft backend CMS, it used to be possible to set (and change for existing users) the password.  It appears recently (last 6 months+) that this feature has been removed, is there a simple way to re-instate this feature or is the only way to set the password the password re-set url feature?</p>

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Set Users' passwords
# Set Users' passwords

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-15)

When you create a new user in the craft backend CMS, it used to be possible to set (and change for existing users) the password. It appears recently (last 6 months+) that this feature has been removed, is there a simple way to re-instate this feature or is the only way to set the password the password re-set url feature?

**Tags:** users, password


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-15. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

For security reasons, this was changed in [Craft 2.3...](http://buildwithcraft.com/updates#build2615)

> Admins are no longer allowed to change other users’ passwords.

But savvy admins can still pull it off... Simply click the gear icon in the right sidebar, and select "Copy password reset URL". Then, instead of sending that URL to the user, just use it yourself.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/xNuA1.png)


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