How to recover/reset forgotten Gnome Keyring Password?

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

rm ~/.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring

Then, log out and log back in. Ubuntu will automatically create a new login.keyring for you.

Or

Navigate to Places > Home. Press Ctrl + H to view "hidden files". Navigate to .local > share > 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 ~/.local/share/keyrings/
    cp login.keyring login.keyring.backup
   

and after that delete login.keyring file

    rm ~/.local/share/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 ~/.local/share/keyrings/
    mv login.keyring.backup login.keyring      
   

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Note: before Ubuntu 12.10 the path to the keyrings folder was ~/.gnome2/keyrings/ instead of ~/.local/share/keyrings/.

1. Start up Ubuntu's Dash (top most icon in Unity or press Super)
2. Type Pass to get Passwords and Keys and start this (this will start the Gnome Keyring frontend seahorse)
3. Next
   • If the password is known: Under Passwords the default folder select unlock, or
   • If the password is not known: right mouse click and delete for resetting.

Next time Ubuntu will ask for a new password for the keyring.

Solved this by installing seahorse frontend.