after installing magento in my local machine I forgot admin password

Question

after installing magento in my local machine I forgot admin password what I have given. I am not able to login to my admin area how can I reset the password

I have read

Answer 1

The cleanest way to fix this issue is to reset the Magento installation; be sure you keep details of your database credentials in a safe place:

1. Delete local.xml in app\etc
2. Delete \var\cache content
3. Delete \var\session content
4. Run the installation script in the browser with http://yourdomain/index.php
5. Run the first screen (Localization)
6. In the second screen, enable "Skip Base URL Validation Before the Next Step"
7. Clean browser cache and cookies

Works 100% of the times.