Working on WSL after leaving it for a while, could be such a great lesson for you! I recently forgot my password and found out that there is a way to recover it easily.

Here is the solution:

1. Change user to root.

   ubuntu config --default-user root
   

   For this, you might have a different run command for Ubuntu. which you can find in the reference but it’s like the next:

   • Kali for Kali
   • ubuntu 2004 for Ubuntu 20.04
   • and so on

2. Set user password.

   here you need to open your WSL and set the password like Linux:

   passwd username
   

3. Change back to the default user.

   ubuntu config --default-user USERNAME
   

4. Horay!

Helpful resources:

• intsfoss