Change or reset your APEX and database passwords

Change your APEX sign-in password or your database password, manage other users in your workspace, and what to do if you forget a password.

Two passwords, one starting point

When your service is set up, your APEX sign-in and your database user get the same password — the one shown under Password in the client area.

After that they are separate:

Note: The client area always shows the original password. Once you change a password yourself, store the new one safely, for example in a password manager.

Change your APEX password

You are the administrator of your workspace, so you can change it yourself:

1. Sign in to your APEX workspace.
2. Open the Administration menu (top right) and choose Change My Password.
3. Enter your current password, then the new one twice, and apply the change.

Manage other users in your workspace

As workspace administrator, you can add developers and end users and reset their passwords in Administration → Manage Users and Groups.

Change your database password

In SQL Developer: right-click your connection and choose Reset Password…, then enter the current and the new password.

With SQL (in SQL Developer or SQLcl):

ALTER USER your_schema IDENTIFIED BY "NewStrongPassword#2026" REPLACE "CurrentPassword";

Replace your_schema with your workspace name. Use a strong password with upper and lower case letters, numbers and a symbol.

Warning: If an application or script connects to the database with the old password, update it straight away — otherwise it stops working.

Forgot a password?