How to reset or recover your Catalyst Cisco Switch password 2950, 2960,3550, 3560, and 3750 series.

This tutorial will help you and understand that how you can recover or reset your cisco switch password.
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[@DownLatino]

Thanks, IT homie. I got into a switch I have been holding onto for a few years now because of your tutorial.

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[@mraj4j]

In 2023 it is still working
Thanks sir ji

[@markanthony1523]

Video still helpful. Should point out to first time users, if load_helper returns unknown command, just skip that step and display flash contents(dir flash:). It works just fine.
THANKS...

[@dywaynecraig2053]

Followed this and was able to reset some switches bought off of eBay. Thanks for the video!

[@Humboltgaming]

This was an excellent tutorial. Very concise and yet still detailed. Thank you very much.

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[@gentleman6969]

This Video is a Lifesaver !!! Certainly work great for me thanks.

[@jhettiarachchi]

Worked for mr for 2950 switch. Thanks a lot.

[@RADCOMJ1]

Thanks, precise and accurate and it works. I spent hours trying to get the break key method to work to no avail.

[@cycleof7s438]

Thanks a lot for the helping hand. Just got 2 C3550's that I bought, up and ready to go!

[@helderseba6836]

Great. I thought I had lost my switch. But you helped a lot. Thanks.

[@123jjvj]

flat out the best video for removing password five stars, thank you soooooo much

[@siniestro0239]

Thank you, helped me figured it out a 3550, noob here.

[@clintonoshea]

Absolutely fantastic - simple and to the point. Thanks very much! :)

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

Thank you everyone. I'm Glad that this video still helping you out

[@deleaud]

This was the third page I visited. However this was the first page that helped. The only anomaly was having to re-type load_helper each time a command failed.
Thanks!

[@Richard1881]

Thank you ! Now I have a 3750 switch to use for my lab .

[@zaalpkhoveli9965]

You're Great Man,clear instruction and password is recovered

[@TheHmongsterInc]

awesome help, much appreciation. Straight to the point.

[@MzOliveOyl]

Amazing! Thank you soo much!

[@AdrianMcDaid]

Great step by step video. Has helped me.

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[@CaduBarbosaBR]

You've forget to mention that for some models (3560 for example) the MODE button must be kept pressed for at least 15 seconds before the swicht reboots and set the configuration to default.

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

Carlos Barbosa Thank you for highlighting this point. I'll keep it in mind for the next videos

[@kurttrimas9005]

You are correct Carlos, it will not work right if you don't, otherwise excellent info

[@kurttrimas9005]

I don't think he restore the config.old back

[@hashamtariq7386]

extremely helpful

[@martytorrez1838]

Thank you very much for this excellent and easy to understand video

[@lovelledwards]

This was very good. Found exactly what I needed. Thanks a million.

[@vasilisnikitaras]

Thank you very much for this excellent, and easy to understand video...!!!

[@martytorrez1838]

thank you it helped me alot. Somehow forgot the password for the user. Once again thank you.

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

+Marty Torrez you are welcome dear

[@juanc9147]

Thanks very much. You are genius. You made my day.

[@fentressema3]

I liked your video! (Thanks this was exactly what I was needing on an old switch I found to play around with.) Thanks again!

[@HaroonShahAfghan]

i am thanking you from the core of my heart ..love you , you made my day mouahhhhhhhhhh

[@jmatt98]

Haroon Shah Afridi are you going to do something evil ?

[@JH-it3vd]

Best video on the internet!

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

+Joseph-Henri Hoang
Thank you bro

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+Joseph-Henri Hoang
Thank you bro

[@akramnaeem1240]

after that:
Switch> rename flash:config.old flash:config.text
Switch> copy flash:config.text system:running-config
then change the password

[@faizanjoyia]

Akram Naeem yea he forgot this part

[@issacjebaraj972]

Thank you soo much sir !!

[@PublicEnemydX]

saved my butt. Helped big time!

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

PublicEnemydX You are welcome brother

[@ijustwannabeadrummer]

I like this video and Thank you!

[@therealjoshtodd]

That tells you how to get into it, but then how do you get the original config loaded back up, change the password, and save it again?

[@haifa814]

Thank you , that was very helpful

[@Rapido7788]

Simple but helpful...thanks!

[@muhammadshahidsher]

thnks sir- it is realy helpfull

[@patrickhenry6934]

thanks man your a life saver

[@NickKautz]

Thank you very much

[@heshammcse]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!! U.R the best

[@jessemorales7277]

Worked perfect!!! Thank you so much

[@dejuan4967]

Excellent information!!

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Dejuan Smith Thank you

[@myWayIn619]

worked like a charm , thanks amigo.

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[@itsupport6777]

Thank you. This helped a lot.

[@pemasherpa9037]

Thank you so much it worked

[@abrahamtsay5167]

Thank you, it worked for me.....

[@NewGuyDarren]

NICE! You saved me.

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[@lavneetkumar6814]

Thank you sir 🙏

[@pradnyajamadhade657]

Very helpful

[@elyl9787]

Thank you for this information.

[@hmhm1505]

worked in end of 2021 :)

[@zamaatif8754]

GREAT VIDEO, THANK YOU SIR

[@traveldeepjungle]

THANKS .GREAT HELP

[@chuckmercer9236]

this was awesome.. thank u so much

[@markbessick7089]

Thanks Avaya3rdparty short sweet and to the point ! exactly what we needed ! thanks your sir.

[@MegaGas1883]

Fantastic video!

[@kaizen960]

Thank you, very useful info!

[@brandonkilhoffer7084]

Very helpful! Thanks

[@imdadalisoomro1584]

Appreciated 😊

[@rajeevbawari7222]

Best vedio.........thank you...

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+Rajeev Bawari you are welcome

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[@VelezBiH]

Great thanks this helped alot.

[@damclev]

I liked the video.
Thank you.

[@gannoncloes9509]

Thanks!

[@DX91001]

Thank you it worked!!!

[@jackson2108]

thanks mate. This helped very well

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[@timjoseph887]

Power cycle the switch. Immediately press and hold the Mode button. Hold the button for approximately 12 seconds, the Status LED will go amber. On the console you should be in Boot Loader.
Switch:
Add the following variables.
Switch: SWITCH_IGNORE_STARTUP_CFG=1
Switch: SWITCH_DISABLE_PASSWORD_RECOVERY=0
Then boot the switch.
Switch: boot
Once the switch has booted you can copy the saved config back into the running config.
Switch# copy start runn
Next set your password(s). Finally we want to remove the variables we set while in Boot Loader.
Switch# no system ignore startupconfig switch all
Switch# system disable password recovery switch all
Save your new config.
Switch# copy runn start

[@ciscogrid]

Great video

[@alejandraguadalupebravogar9967]

gracias carnal! tqm

[@dyo228]

weird that I just held the mode button twice and startup-config got delete without powering off and I was able to to log back in, I did a "wr" command just in case. I'm did not follow the power off step, that's probably whey my startup-config got delete.

[@quintontillmon1620]

The is awesome! Thank you Avaya3rdparty!

[@abdullaaldarmaki1732]

Thank youuuuuuu sooooooo muchhhhhhh :)

[@rustydoorknob5108]

Thanks alot man!

[@tombelly4303]

Damn why you gotta press the keys so hard.

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

Thank you everyone !!

[@Awed1b]

Thank you

[@rawalnabeel7115]

At last of this process we have to save flash:config.text system: startup config?

[@theehamda9010]

Awesome dude thanks a lot

[@chuck77k]

yes, we still do :)

[@faheemalmatri5327]

when do boot command switch reboot but no go to next step ;it go to normal boot and request user and password

[@coreybaldwin168]

Didn't work for me. How long do you have to hold the mode button? I held it for 2 minutes and never got the switch: prompt. All I ever see is login as:

[@jamesbecker2213]

thank you !!

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[@sfdcustomer7425]

well done

[@coconakalz]

with this tutorial, will make remove all configuration or just my password?

[@Configurationdepot]

When you change the config.text file to another name such as config.old, it essentially removes your production configuration. Once you are at initial configuration, type no. If you want to get your production configuration back, go ahead and type "copy flash:config.old running-config". At this time I would update your passwords accordingly, then commit the changes using "Write memory" or "Copy running-config startup-config"

[@kurttrimas9005]

No you don;t loose the config, but you
will need to get the config back i think

[@usman92ish]

When i enter flash_init, no output is displayed in console. Any help please?

[@dixusdevon3852]

Could you tell me how to reset? I have Cisco 2960 and I don't know how to do this. And what's the login

[@scarface_al]

Nice

[@RaizenFenix]

Fantastic! :)

[@faheemalmatri5327]

I try that but not access; When switch request user and password from console why i do

[@misoo2467]

No mode button like Cisco 34 nad me 36, how

[@DjVsal]

what if when i enter command dir flash:
2 -rwx 1921 config1.text
4 -rwx 1725 config.text
what file should i rename and why??

[@sudhirkumartiwary6116]

How to reset dax switch using consol

[@johanhellstrom7676]

Thx

[@crimdolla3248]

My 2950 is stuck where u paused the vid (boot). Does this usually take a while?

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

Some times it does

[@MUDASSIRAHMED0789]

How to change command switch: to switch>

[@jiml.9026]

Does this erase all settings?

[@timjoseph887]

if you delete flash: config.text will the cisco rebuild a new one from scratch? I am trying to wipe all security information from the switch.

[@INTEGRATIONIT]

Tim Joseph
Deleting or renaming will take away your current configuration n security

[@cudencuden]

hello, what to do when we do not have "load_helper" listed?

[@aitaix]

+cudencuden I had the same thing on a 3560 - go on to the next step

[@seiig]

cool bro ...

[@Mulusah]

shouldnt the config.text be restored back?