{"id":1445,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583493-how-to-reset-your-hostinger-account-password\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:16","slug":"1583493-how-to-reset-your-hostinger-account-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583493-how-to-reset-your-hostinger-account-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reset your Hostinger account password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If you can still access your account and only need to change your password, refer to this guide: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583257-how-can-i-change-my-hostinger-account-password\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to change your Hostinger account password<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you cannot log in and you are not using a <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_3abfb52caf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social login<\/a> method, you can reset your password by email.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_0d7e5bf806\">Step 1 &ndash; Open the Forgot password page<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Go to the Hostinger login page:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><a class=\"intercom-h2b-button\" href=\"https:\/\/auth.hostinger.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Log in to Hostinger<\/a><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Forgot password?<\/b> below the login form.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/5883b649-59cb-4f5e-9e1c-6fa8c9fe7f24.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">You can also access the reset form directly:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><a class=\"intercom-h2b-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/forgot-password\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reset Hostinger Password<\/a><\/div><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The links above work for <b>all Hostinger brands<\/b>, regardless of the Hostinger site where your account was created (e.g., Hostinger India, Hostinger UK, etc.). &#128506;&#65039;<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h-step-2-reset-hostinger-password\">Step 2 &ndash; Reset Hostinger password<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">On the next screen, enter the email address associated with your Hostinger account, and click <b>Send Reset Email<\/b>. A password reset link will be sent to your email.<\/p><h3 id=\"h_380a86c438\">When will the email arrive?<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">In most cases, you will receive the password reset link in a few minutes. However, it can land in your Spam, Updates, or other inboxes &ndash; make sure to check them all.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">In rare cases, the password reset email might be delayed by your email provider. We recommend waiting up to one hour before trying to reset the password again.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you have requested a password reset several times, make sure to use the link from the latest email you received, as each new request overrides the previous one.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_3abfb52caf\">Resetting the password for social login accounts<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are using a <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4888385-how-to-link-your-hostinger-account-to-social-login-google-facebook-github\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social login method<\/a> to access your account, such as Google, Facebook, or GitHub, the <b>Forgot password <\/b>option will not send a reset link. Your Hostinger account is accessed through your social account credentials.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you forgot your social login password, follow the recovery steps provided by the platform:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/accounts\/answer\/7682439?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/105487009541643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/en\/authentication\/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure\/updating-your-github-access-credentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GitHub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">You may also contact the support team of your social login platform for further assistance.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you do not use social login and you no longer have access to the email address linked to your Hostinger account or to your two-factor authentication device, check this article: <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/3284259-how-to-recover-your-hostinger-account-if-you-no-longer-have-access-to-your-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to recover your Hostinger account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you have access to your Hostinger account, but forgot the password of a Hostinger Email mailbox, you can reset it by following this guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583468-how-to-reset-a-hostinger-email-mailbox-password\/\">Reset Hostinger Email password<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requesting a password reset to your account email if you forgot your password<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-managing-your-profile"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583493-how-to-reset-your-hostinger-account-password\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583493-como-restablecer-la-contrasena-de-tu-cuenta-de-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583493-comment-reinitialiser-le-mot-de-passe-de-votre-compte-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583493-bagaimana-cara-reset-password-akun-saya-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583493-como-redefinir-a-senha-da-sua-conta-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583493------\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7584,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions\/7584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}