How to recover/reset forgotten Gnome Keyring Password?

Question

I am on Ubuntu and I have forgotten the password for my Gnome Keyring (yes, stupid me, I know). Any way I can get it back? I have already looked at this link, but it says it's not possible if my home directory is encrypted and unfortunately my home directory is encrypted.

Answer 1

Ubuntu 12.10

For Ubuntu 12.10 the path to the keyrings folder is ~/.local/share/keyrings/ instead of ~/.gnome2/keyrings/

Resetting everything (delete all passwords and start new keyring):

rm ~/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring

Or

Navigate to Places > Home. Press ctrl h to view "hidden files". Navigate to .gnome2 > keyrings and delete login.keyring

Using the same keyring (resetting keyring password but keeping old passwords in keyring):

1) Make a backup of the keyring

cd ~/.gnome2/keyrings/
cp login.keyring login.keyring.backup

and after that delete login.keyring file

rm ~/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring

2) Create a new keyring file from Gnome Keyring with the name "login"

3) Replace the new keyring file with the backup of the old keyring file

cd ~/.gnome2/keyrings/
mv login.keyring.backup login.keyring      

Answer 2

Start up Ubuntu's Dash (top most icon in Unity) Type Pas, select 'Passwords and Keys' Under Passwords the default folder, unlock when password known, otherwise right mouse click and delete for resetting. Next time Ubuntu will ask for a new password for the keyring.

Answer 3

Solved this by installing seahorse frontend.