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Reset the root password

Set a new root password on a Linux dedicated server without a reinstall; it takes about five minutes and one reboot.

1 min Updated 7 Nov 2026 Dedicated servers

The server boots a small rescue system, writes a new root password on your installed system, and boots back. Your files and SSH keys stay as they are.

Reset it#

Press Reset… in the Connect card on the server's page, or open the Reinstall tab and choose Reset the root password:

Live from the portalResetting a dedicated server's root password
  1. 1Reset password Type your server's name in the box above it, then press this. It reboots into the rescue system and writes the new password.

The next page shows the new password once. Copy it, then press I've copied it, back to the server.

Dedicated servers Locked out, or it won't boot Get back into a server you can't log in to, or that won't start, without losing what is on its disks.Dedicated servers Use the console The server's own screen and keyboard in your browser, for when SSH can't reach it.Dedicated servers Log in for the first time Collect the root password once from the server's page, then connect over SSH.

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