Reset qBittorrent-nox admin Password in Linux

The qBittorrent-nox provides web UI. By default, username is admin and password is adminadmin. If you changed the admin password and forgot it, you can reset the password by modifying a configuration file.

This tutorial shows how to reset qBittorrent-nox admin password in Linux. Commands have been tested on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Reset admin password

Run the following command to stop qBittorrent-nox service:

sudo service qbittorrent-nox stop

Now you need to find qBittorrent-nox configuration file named qBittorrent.conf. On Linux systems, file usually located in /.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf or ~/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf. You can use the following command to find a file:

sudo find / -name qBittorrent.conf

Once you find a file, you need to remove a line which contains WebUI\Password_PBKDF2 parameter. Line can be deleted by using the following command:

sudo sed -i '/WebUI\\Password/d' /.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf

Start qBittorrent-nox service:

sudo service qbittorrent-nox start

Now you can log in to the web UI with the default username (admin) and password (adminadmin).