How to retrieve your Plesk admin password

Retrieve your Plesk password on Windows:

Log on to your webserver and go to start -> run -> cmd

c:\cd "%plesk_bin%"

The %plesk_bin% here stands for c:\program files\swsoft\plesk\admin\bin folder in case of ‘by default’ installation.

By executing the command plesksrvclient -get you will get your Plesk password in a popup.

Retrieve your Plesk password on Linux:

Make a SSH connection to your webserver and execute following command:

cat /etc/psa/.psa-shadow