Desktop app ask for login

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You could try running the CLI command directly as suggested in my message above. Assuming you are using Windows these would be the steps:

  1. Make sure all instances of n8n are closed (restart your machine to be sure nothing is running in the background)
  2. Backup your database (just in case), it should be a file named database.sqlite in the C:\Users\<Username>\.n8n directory (replace <Username> with your actual Windows username
  3. Then (assuming you are on Windows) run the below command in your terminal:
C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Programs\n8n\resources\app\node_modules\n8n\bin\n8n.cmd user-management:reset

You should get a response of Successfully reset the database to default user state. like below:

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On the next start of n8n desktop, you should then see the “Set up owner account” screen on which you can click the “Skip setup for now” button to avoid setting a new password.

If this fails, you can also try this approach shared by @Shirobachi (again making sure to take a backup beforehand): Password recovery - #3 by Shirobachi