September 6, 2025Sep 6 Hi allI hand an issue with Jellyfin, I don't know if this is the best place to post this, so mods please feel free to move this if it really should be somewhere else. I setup a Jellyfin server at a bad time as I was trying to do too many things at once. Soon after I had to leave it be and some time has passed until we get to today when I tried to finish the setup. Unfortunately I've forgotten the username and password. I had read that you can sometimes find these details on the logs, but I couldn't find them. I'd also read that in what I think I remember as system.xml you could make a change so it would start the onboarding process, which I did but I saw no change. I tried refreshing the browser which made no difference. I then figured I could just start the whole thing again, so I deleted the docker container as well as it's files in appdata. I then installed Jellyfin again. When I start the server for the first time, it acts like it's expecting a username and password despite it being a new setup. I've when tried a different Jellyfin container and the same thing happens. I really don't hand any idea what to do next. I don't know all that much about this sort of stuff, but from what I understand, when I deleted the docker container and then removed it's folder from appdata, everything works be gone and when I install the next Jellyfin everything would be new, but it seems that this isn't the case. I'm hoping someone smarter than me can help me with this! Thanks in advance!
September 6, 2025Sep 6 Author Solution I may have solved this. I opened an incognito page in my browser and where the area for the server, and it looks like it's starting fresh from the beginning.
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