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Restoring Admin Priviliges

This guide will help you restore/give admin access to any account without needing an account with admin. If you ever accidentally remove your permissions, this is the easiest way to get them back.

All you will need is access to the watcharr.log file.

Steps​

  1. Login with the account you'd like to give admin to.

  2. Navigate to the /request_admin page manually (ex: 127.0.0.1:3080/request_admin) and click the request button.

    requesting an admin token

  3. Check your watcharr.log file (or simply check docker compose logs if using docker compose) and look for the generated admin token (highlighted in the image below).

    finding admin token in log

  4. Enter the code from the log (you should have been taken here after clicking the request button in step 2).

    redeeming admin token

  5. Click Check Token, if it is correct and still valid (they expire after ~2 minutes or once used), your account will now have admin.