How to retrieve/change Plesk admin password on Windows

Additionally to the the password reminder option available on the Plesk login screen, you can use the plesksrvclient.exe utility to set up a new password or retrieve an existing one.

1. To change admin's password with dialog window execute %plesk_bin%\plesksrvclient.exe from File Explorer.

1. Also, it is possible to change and retrieve admin's password by Command Line Interface:
• To set up a new password use the following command:

"%plesk_bin%\plesksrvclient" -set <new_password>

• To retrieve the current password use the following command:

"%plesk_bin%\plesksrvclient" -get

• To forward admin's password to a file, use the "-nogui" option:

"%plesk_bin%\plesksrvclient" -get -nogui > plesk_password.txt

Plesk password wil lbe written to plesk_password.txt file.