"$d_SysMaint""Linux/keyring notes.txt" www.BillHowell.ca 22May2021 initial, 08*******08 22May2021 search "Linux Mint and how do I reset the login keyring password?" +-----+ https://askubuntu.com/questions/65281/how-to-recover-reset-forgotten-gnome-keyring-password +--+ Resetting everything (delete all passwords and start new keyring): rm ~/.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring Then, log out and log back in. Ubuntu will automatically create a new login.keyring for you. Or Navigate to Places > Home. Press Ctrl + H to view "hidden files". Navigate to .local > share > keyrings and delete login.keyring Using the same keyring (resetting keyring password but keeping old passwords in keyring): Make a backup of the keyring cd ~/.local/share/keyrings/ cp login.keyring login.keyring.backup and after that delete login.keyring file rm ~/.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring Create a new keyring file from Gnome Keyring with the name login Replace the new keyring file with the backup of the old keyring file cd ~/.local/share/keyrings/ mv login.keyring.backup login.keyring Note: before Ubuntu 12.10 the path to the keyrings folder was ~/.gnome2/keyrings/ instead of ~/.local/share/keyrings/. edited Dec 10 '20 at 10:32 MusashiAharon answered Oct 11 '11 at 14:54 Bruno Pereira 6 how to do step 2? – xor Feb 27 '15 at 13:04 1 I thought it was a bit simple, it hasn't worked for me. It still says my password is wrong – Madivad Apr 23 '16 at 22:16 12 I wonder why (and how) resetting the keyring password while keeping old passwords should work. And indeed it doesn't work for me (it says "The unlock password was incorrect") – Scz Aug 15 '16 at 8:12 8 Indeed, "resetting keyring password but keeping old passwords in keyring" sounds absurd. – Alexey Aug 26 '16 at 12:52 2 I thought step 2 meant run seahorse, click on "File" in top menu and choose new, then select "Password Keyring", hit continue and enter for name "login". – eshaya May 3 '17 at 19:39 +--+ Start up Ubuntu's Dash (top most icon in Unity or press Super) Type Pass to get Passwords and Keys and start this (this will start the Gnome Keyring frontend seahorse) Next If the password is known: Under Passwords the default folder select unlock, or If the password is not known: right mouse click and delete for resetting. Next time Ubuntu will ask for a new password for the keyring. edited Sep 3 '14 at 20:22 rubo77 answered Jan 27 '13 at 11:24 bill Thanks! (Or type seahorse directly.) – caw Jun 11 '17 at 23:08 Right clicking and then clicking Change Password works. – Haggra Dec 30 '19 at 23:45 # enddoc