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How do I change my Gmail password?

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How do I change my Gmail password?

Follow these simple steps to change your Gmail password:

  • First, you will need to login to Gmail; once you are inside your inbox, look at the top right corner of the screen for a series of links next to your email address, and click on "Settings":
    Access your Gmail account settings to change password
  • The Gmail settings screen will load, and display tabs that let you control and customize your profile with Google when it comes to emails. Select the third tab, "Accounts and Import":
    Customize your Google / Gmail account profile settings
  • Then, scroll to the very bottom of the page, and click on the "Google Account Settings" link under "Change account settings", as shown on the screenshot below:

 

  • Change your Google account settings
  • A new window will open to your Google account / profile - make sure that your popup blocker doesn't prevent that window from opening. In the left column ("Personal Settings"), locate and click on the "Change password" link. (The "Change password recovery option" link lets you customize password-related settings like the security question and secret answer for your Gmail account or the password recovery email address on file.)

  • Click on "Change password" to choose a new Gmail password
  • The Gmail "Change password" screen will now load, and let you reset your current password to another one; for security reasons, to confirm your identity, you can either confirm your current password, or answer your secret question in the top portion:
    Change Gmail password for your Google profile
  • Once you have done so, type the new password you would like to use for Gmail inside the "New password" text field, and retype it for confirmation inside "Confirm new password".
  • Once you have carefully typed your new Gmail password, click on the "Save" button to apply the setting: note that this change takes effect immediately, and will affect not just your Gmail account, but also your Google profile as a whole. In other words, to customize your Google search settings, for example, you will need to start using your new password. The same applies for your YouTube account / profile, for example, if you have linked accounts. More broadly, your new Gmail password will be used whenever you need to sign in using your Gmail email address as user name.
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