# WP7611 forgot root password

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**Created:** [April 7, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/wp7611-forgot-root-password/10271 "2023-04-07T00:14:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![brianofarrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@brianofarrell](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/brianofarrell)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/wp7611-forgot-root-password/10271/1 "2023-04-07T00:14:17Z")

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Hello,  
I have 3 MangOH WP7611 kits. I forgot the root password to my first one. Can I recover it, or what are my options? Return it?  
Thanks,  
Brian

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**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/mangoh.discourse.group/jyijyi/32/997_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/jyijyi)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/wp7611-forgot-root-password/10271/2 "2023-04-07T02:32:52Z")

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you can downgrade to R12 and use swiflash to back to default:

> **[Wp76 root password](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/wp76-root-password/17645/12)**
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> then i cannot reproduce your problem. In my testing, I set the root password to be “root” in FW R12. After that I used the command "“swiflash -m wp76xx -r” to erase the user partition. Now there is no need to enter password to boot into console.