---
title: "Sends the user a password reset email"
method: POST
path: "/password-reset"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Sends the user a password reset email

`POST /password-reset`

## Request

- Base URL: `/v1` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/v1/password-reset`
- Auth: none required

Trigger a password reset email from Cognito

## Request body

- object
  - `email` string, required

## Response `202`

Request accepted

## Other responses

- `400`: Request rejected due to invalid parameters supplied
- `500`: Failed to process the request due to an internal error

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/office-of-national-statistics/apis/identity-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/office-of-national-statistics/apis/identity-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/office-of-national-statistics/apis/identity-api/revisions/6472459b6b03?raw)