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Updated I forgot my UI lock password (markdown)

Mike Tzou 2018-12-06 22:19:12 +08:00
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You locked the qBittorrent user interface and forgot the password you used?
Don't worry, you can recover from this.
1. Exit or kill qBittorrent process
1. Open the preference file with a text editor.<br/>
1. Exit or kill qBittorrent process.
2. Open the preference file with a text editor.<br/>
Windows<br/>`%APPDATA%\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini` = `C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini`<br/>
Linux<br/>`~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf`<br/>
macOS<br/>`~/.config/qBittorrent/qbittorrent.ini`<br/>
1. Remove the following lines:
3. Remove the following lines:
```ini
[Locking]
password=<encrypted_password> # this only appear on qBittorrent version < 4.2.0
password_PBKDF2=<encrypted_password> # this only appear on qBittorrent version ≥ 4.2.0
locked=true
```
```ini
[Locking]
password=<encrypted_password> (this can be decrypted at https://www.md5online.org/)
locked=true
```
1. Save the file
1. Start qBittorrent again
4. Save the file
5. Start qBittorrent again
## Before qBittorrent v3.3.6 on macOS
1. Exit or kill qBittorrent process
2. Open a terminal and run the following command:
```shell
defaults delete com.qbittorrent.qBittorrent Locking.locked
defaults delete com.qbittorrent.qBittorrent Locking.password
```
2. Open a terminal and run the following command:
```shell
defaults delete com.qbittorrent.qBittorrent Locking.locked
defaults delete com.qbittorrent.qBittorrent Locking.password
```
3. Start qBittorrent again