# Upate superuser password

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/upate-superuser-password/4738>\
**Category:** openBalena\
**Created:** [December 17, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/upate-superuser-password/4738 "2018-12-17T19:37:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/upate-superuser-password/4738/8 "2018-12-19T09:56:54Z")

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Hello @alnjxn, yes, you can now change the superuser password by editing “config/activate” and changing the `OPENBALENA_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD` variable to the new password. You’ll then need to recreate the API container with:

```auto
./scripts/compose kill api
./scripts/compose rm -vf api
./scripts/compose up -d api

```

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