diff --git a/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md b/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md index a83dba8..76cdcc3 100644 --- a/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md +++ b/I-forgot-my-UI-lock-password.md @@ -1,29 +1,33 @@ 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.
+1. Exit or kill qBittorrent process. + +2. Open the preference file with a text editor.
Windows
`%APPDATA%\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini` = `C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\qBittorrent\qbittorrent.ini`
Linux
`~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf`
macOS
`~/.config/qBittorrent/qbittorrent.ini`
-1. Remove the following lines: +3. Remove the following lines: + ```ini + [Locking] + password= # this only appear on qBittorrent version < 4.2.0 + password_PBKDF2= # this only appear on qBittorrent version ≥ 4.2.0 + locked=true + ``` - ```ini -[Locking] -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