Reset the Oracle SYSTEM password

Scenario: Forgot the SYSTEM password for the ORACLE database installed in your computer.

Solution: You can reset it by logging in to Windows as Administrator and connecting to Oracle as sysdba.


Steps:

• Log in to the Windows Server that is running Oracle as Administrator.
• Start SQL*Plus

• At the login prompt, in the user-name field, type ”/as sysdba”, and press enter

• You are now connected as system with full DBA rights.

• Reset the password of the SYSTEM  with below query

alter user system identified by NewPassword;

• enter

“User altered.”

 

Now you can login with your new password.