---
title: "Reset password for a user"
method: POST
path: "/usermanagement/v1/users/{userID}/resetPassword"
tags: ["User Management"]
---

# Reset password for a user

`POST /usermanagement/v1/users/{userID}/resetPassword`

Resets the password for the user identified using the userID. inSync sends an email with a password reset link to the user.

## Path parameters

- `userID` integer, required

## Response `200`

OK

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — The request did not include an authentication token or an expired authentication token was supplied.
- `404` — The requested resource was not found.
- `422` — The request was well-formed but was not processed due to semantic errors.
- `500` — The request was not processed due to an internal error in inSync GovCloud.
- `501` — Requested HTTP method is not implemented.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/druva/apis/authentication.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/druva/apis/authentication/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/druva/authentication/revisions/2af2bf148b25/schema)