{"id":14941,"date":"2024-10-11T08:51:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T08:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=14941"},"modified":"2024-10-11T08:51:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T08:51:57","password":"","slug":"how-to-resolve-warning-remote-host-identification-has-changed-on-windows-powershell","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-resolve-warning-remote-host-identification-has-changed-on-windows-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"How to resolve Warning Remote host Identification has changed on Windows powershell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At times , you may reinstall your VPS server and when you try to access it via SSH on windows Powershell, you get the error &#8220;Warning Remote host Identification has changed on Windows powershell&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-250.png 671w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-250-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This happens as the fingerprints keys for the server has changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this, you can simply remove the old fingerprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to <strong><code>C:\\\\Users\\yourusername\/<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type the command below to remove the <strong><code>known_hosts<\/code><\/strong> file<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><code>rm .ssh\/known_hosts<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now try again to access the server via SSH. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At times , you may reinstall your VPS server and when you try to access it via SSH on windows Powershell, you get the error &#8220;Warning Remote host Identification has changed on Windows powershell&#8221; This happens as the fingerprints keys for the server has changed. 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