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title: How to manually change the WordPress Admin email address
description: "Make the change directly in the database. Using PHPMYADMIN from the host control panel, access the **wp_options table** in your database and **edit the row with the key “admin_email”**. --- ### Updating without going through the confirmation process Here’s the simple way to…"
url: "https://support.bluspider.com/kb/how-to-manually-change-the-wordpress-admin-email-address/"
updated: "2024-08-09"
category: WordPress
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# How to manually change the WordPress Admin email address

Make the change directly in the database. Using PHPMYADMIN from the host control panel, access the **wp_options table** in your database and **edit the row with the key “admin_email”**.

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### Updating without going through the confirmation process

Here’s the simple way to do it without confirmation:

#### phpMyAdmin to the rescue

Like many things, the WordPress MySQL database is a good place to go for changes. The WordPress admin email can be updated from the database as well. Here’s how:

1. Log into the database. phpMyAdmin is a good choice.
2. Locate the `wp_options` table.
3. Near the top locate the `admin_email` option
4. Edit the `option_value` field with the new email. This can be done either inline or by editing depending on your version of phpMyAdmin
5. Save your work if it wasn’t auto-saved