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title: Reset Password
slug: docs/flutter/parse-sdk/users/flutter-reset-password
description: In this guide you learn how implement Flutter user reset password
image: https://www.back4app.com/images/logo-social.png
createdAt: 2024-03-18T14:43:31.745Z
---
# How to add user reset password to a Flutter App
## Introduction
It’s a fact that as soon as you introduce passwords into a system, users will forget them. Parse Server provides a way to let them securely reset their password.
The password reset flow starts getting the user’s email address and calling the `requestPasswordReset` method from `Parse.User` class.
This will attempt to match the given email with the user’s email or username field and send them a password reset email. By doing this, you can opt to have users use their email as their username, or you can collect it separately and store it in the email field.
The flow for password reset is as follows:
1. **User requests that their password be reset by typing in their email.**
2. **Back4App sends an email to their address with a special password reset link.**
3. **User clicks on the reset link and is directed to a special Back4App page to type in a new password.**
4. **User types in a new password. Their password has now been reset to a value they specify.**
In this guide, you will learn how to use the **Flutter plugin for Parse Server** to implement user reset password feature using the `ParseUser` class for your Flutter App.
## Goal
Build a reset password feature using Parse for a Flutter App.
## Prerequisites
**To complete this tutorial, you will need:**
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- [Flutter version 2.2.x or later](https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install)
- [Android Studio ](https://developer.android.com/studio)or [VS Code installed](https://code.visualstudio.com/) (with [Plugins](https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/editor) Dart and Flutter)
- A Flutter app created in previous guide
- **Note: **Follow the [Get current User](https://app.archbee.com/docs/_roxIyUMXoBue9I7uv49e/HzbuRMIWCUKmJmsxuDirt) on session.
- Complete the previous guide so ou can have a better understanding of the `ParseUser` class.
- A device (not Simulator) running Android or iOS.
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## Understanding Reset Password process
To better understand Reset Password process, we will continue the development of the application started in the previous guide and implement the function.
We won’t explain the Flutter application code once this guide’s primary focus is using the Flutter with Parse. Following the next steps, you will build a Login e Logout App at Back4App Database.
## Let’s get started!
In the following steps, you will be able to build a reset password function in our application.
## 1 - Open the Login/Logout/Reset Password App Project
Open Flutter project from the previous guide [Get current User on session](https://www.back4app.com/docs/flutter/parse-sdk/flutter-current-user%22).
Go to the `main.dart` file.
## 2 - Code for Reset Password
To start the password reset flow, we need the user’s email. Search for the function `doUserResetPassword` in the file `main.dart`. Replace the code inside `doUserResetPassword` with:
```dart
1 final ParseUser user = ParseUser(null, null, controllerEmail.text.trim());
2 final ParseResponse parseResponse = await user.requestPasswordReset();
3 if (parseResponse.success) {
4 Message.showSuccess(
5 context: context,
6 message: 'Password reset instructions have been sent to email!',
7 onPressed: () {
8 Navigator.of(context).pop();
9 });
10 } else {
11 Message.showError(context: context, message: parseResponse.error!.message);
12 }
```
To build this function, follow these steps:
1. Create a new`ParseUser` class instance with the command `ParseUser(null, null, controllerEmail.text.trim());`. The email field is required for the other fields you can use null.
2. Call the`user.requestPasswordReset` function to send the recovery email.
The complete function should look like this:
```dart
1 void doUserResetPassword() async {
2 final ParseUser user = ParseUser(null, null, controllerEmail.text.trim());
3 final ParseResponse parseResponse = await user.requestPasswordReset();
4 if (parseResponse.success) {
5 Message.showSuccess(
6 context: context,
7 message: 'Password reset instructions have been sent to email!',
8 onPressed: () {
9 Navigator.of(context).pop();
10 });
11 } else {
12 Message.showError(context: context, message: parseResponse.error!.message);
13 }
14 }
```
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To test it, click on the`Run`button in Android Studio/VSCode.
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Click on `Reset Password` button.
On the next screen enter the user’s email and click `Reset Password` again.
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## It’s done!
At the end of this guide, you can implement password reset function of your app using Parse Server core features through Back4App!